{"conversationCode":"019-115","tapeNumber":19,"conversationNumber":115,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-019-115","startDateTime":"1972-01-26T21:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-26T21:20:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Jan-1972","startTime":"4:20 PM","endDate":"26-Jan-1972","endTime":"4:20 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 4:20 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-115 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. 19-115\n\nDate: January 26, 1972\nTime: 4:20 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 318-4]\n\n     Request for calls to John B. Connally and George P. Shultz","filename":["019-115.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"019-114","nextCode":"019-116","transcript":[{"start":1.89,"end":7.18,"text":"Secretary Connolly, operator, be sure if he's in a meeting, don't take him out."},{"start":7.28,"end":10.39,"text":"But when it's convenient, I'd like to take a call from him."},{"start":10.43,"end":11.09,"text":"All right, fine."},{"start":11.11,"end":13.78,"text":"And then will you also get Mr. Schultz on the line for me?"},{"start":13.8,"end":15,"text":"Yes, certainly."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to facilitate telephone calls with Secretary of the Treasury John B. Connally and Office of Management and Budget Director George P. Shultz. The President specifically requested that Connally not be interrupted if he was currently in a meeting, but prioritized reaching both men for subsequent consultations. This exchange reflects Nixon's routine coordination of high-level administrative communication regarding economic policy.","topics":["John B. Connally","George P. Shultz","White House operations","Economic policy","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:45:36.093Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-b-connally","george-p-shultz","white-house-operations","economic-policy","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"019-115.mp3","bytes":400612,"durationSec":16.64,"bitrate":192627,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.938Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/019-115.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-115","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/19/conversation-019-115","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}