{"conversationCode":"019-106","tapeNumber":19,"conversationNumber":106,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-019-106","startDateTime":"1972-01-26T19:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-26T19:00:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Jan-1972","startTime":"2:00 PM","endDate":"26-Jan-1972","endTime":"2:00 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 2:00 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-106 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. 19-106\n\nDate: January 26, 1972\nTime: 2:00 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 656-25]\n\n     Request to hold a call","filename":["019-106.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"019-105","nextCode":"019-107","transcript":[{"start":1.7,"end":5.7,"text":"I had another call in."},{"start":5.72,"end":7.69,"text":"Would you hold them now for an hour and a half?"},{"start":7.75,"end":9.5,"text":"Yes, I will, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place all incoming calls on hold for the next ninety minutes. This directive served to clear the President's schedule for an upcoming private engagement or meeting. The operator confirmed the request, effectively ensuring a period of uninterrupted time for the President.","topics":["White House operations","Presidential schedule","communications management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:44:44.763Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","presidential-schedule","communications-management"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"019-106.mp3","bytes":228831,"durationSec":9.47,"bitrate":193299,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.938Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/019-106.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-106","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/19/conversation-019-106","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}