{"conversationCode":"019-117","tapeNumber":19,"conversationNumber":117,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-019-117","startDateTime":"1972-01-26T21:21:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-26T21:23:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Jan-1972","startTime":"4:21 PM","endDate":"26-Jan-1972","endTime":"4:23 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 4:21 pm and 4:23 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-117 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. 19-117\n\nDate: January 26, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 4:21 pm and 4:23 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 318-6]\n\n     Request for a call to George W. Romney","filename":["019-117.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"019-116","nextCode":"019-118","transcript":[{"start":3.47,"end":4.79,"text":"Secretary Romney please."},{"start":4.81,"end":6.11,"text":"Thank you Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call to the White House operator to facilitate a connection with Secretary George W. Romney. The conversation is strictly logistical, serving as a functional request to reach the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. No further substantive policy discussions occur during this brief interaction.","topics":["George W. Romney","White House operations","logistics","executive communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:45:46.757Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-w-romney","white-house-operations","logistics","executive-communication"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"019-117.mp3","bytes":193723,"durationSec":8,"bitrate":193609,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.938Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/019-117.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-117","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/19/conversation-019-117","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}