{"conversationCode":"019-102","tapeNumber":19,"conversationNumber":102,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-019-102","startDateTime":"1972-01-26T18:02:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-26T18:58:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Jan-1972","startTime":"1:02 PM","endDate":"26-Jan-1972","endTime":"1:58 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 1:02 pm and 1:58 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-102 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. 19-102\n\nDate: January 26, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:02 pm and 1:58 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 656-22]\n\n     Request for a call to Sheriff Peter J. Pitchess\n         -The President's schedule","filename":["019-102.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"019-101","nextCode":"019-103","transcript":[{"start":2.65,"end":3.61,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.63,"end":7.85,"text":"You try, Sheriff, pitches in, I'll tell you, wait a minute."},{"start":8.09,"end":8.77,"text":"All right."},{"start":8.79,"end":12.9,"text":"Don't do it now because I don't think you can get him before my next appointment."},{"start":12.95,"end":13.57,"text":"I'll call you later."},{"start":13.61,"end":14.63,"text":"Fine, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to initiate a telephone call to Los Angeles County Sheriff Peter J. Pitchess. Upon realizing that the call could not be completed prior to his next scheduled appointment, Nixon directed the operator to postpone the attempt. No further policy or administrative business was conducted during this brief scheduling exchange.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Peter J. Pitchess","White House operations","Communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:44:23.390Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","peter-j-pitchess","white-house-operations","communication"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"019-102.mp3","bytes":374908,"durationSec":15.55,"bitrate":192828,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.938Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/019-102.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-102","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/19/conversation-019-102","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}