{"conversationCode":"019-098","tapeNumber":19,"conversationNumber":98,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-019-098","startDateTime":"1972-01-26T17:12:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-26T17:12:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Jan-1972","startTime":"12:12 PM","endDate":"26-Jan-1972","endTime":"12:12 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-098 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 19-98\n\nDate: January 26, 1972\nTime: 12:12 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 656-15]\n\n     Request for a call to Cornelius A. Scott of the Atlanta Daily-World\n         -Telephone number","filename":["019-098.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"019-097","nextCode":"019-099","transcript":[{"start":0.27,"end":6.14,"text":"Would you get me Mr. C.A."},{"start":6.24,"end":6.68,"text":"Scott?"},{"start":7.58,"end":10.27,"text":"He's editor of the Atlanta Daily World."},{"start":10.31,"end":12.87,"text":"It's 404-659-1110."},{"start":12.89,"end":13.35,"text":"659-1110."},{"start":16.56,"end":18.12,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":18.18,"end":19.73,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a telephone call to Cornelius A. Scott, the editor of the Atlanta Daily World. During the brief exchange, Nixon provided Scott's phone number to facilitate the connection. The primary purpose of this interaction was to arrange a direct communication between the President and the publisher of the prominent African American newspaper.","topics":["Cornelius A. Scott","Atlanta Daily World","White House communications","Press relations","Presidential outreach"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:44:01.400Z"},"topicSlugs":["cornelius-a-scott","atlanta-daily-world","white-house-communications","press-relations","presidential-outreach"],"audioDurationSec":20,"audioFiles":[{"file":"019-098.mp3","bytes":474591,"durationSec":19.7,"bitrate":192752,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.938Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/019-098.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-098","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/019/conversation-019-098","catalogNaId":417192515,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417192515","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}