{"conversationCode":"019-139","tapeNumber":19,"conversationNumber":139,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-019-139","startDateTime":"1972-01-27T19:24:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-27T19:32:00.000Z","startDate":"27-Jan-1972","startTime":"2:24 PM","endDate":"27-Jan-1972","endTime":"2:32 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 27, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:24 pm and 2:32 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-139 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. 19-139\n\nDate: January 27, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:24 pm and 2:32 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 658-21]\n\n     Request for a call to Peter J. Pitchess","filename":["019-139.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"019-138","nextCode":"019-140","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.52,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."},{"start":2.54,"end":6.93,"text":"Sheriff Peter Pitches, who is the sheriff of Los Angeles County."},{"start":6.95,"end":7.97,"text":"I think he's in the hospital."},{"start":8.01,"end":9.43,"text":"You've got his number there."},{"start":9.55,"end":10.18,"text":"All right."},{"start":10.2,"end":10.5,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Los Angeles County Sheriff Peter J. Pitchess. The President noted that the Sheriff was currently hospitalized and directed the operator to locate the appropriate contact number. This interaction served solely as a logistical request to facilitate communication between the President and the Sheriff.","topics":["Peter J. Pitchess","Los Angeles County","White House communications","Sheriff","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:47:48.151Z"},"topicSlugs":["peter-j-pitchess","los-angeles-county","white-house-communications","sheriff","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"019-139.mp3","bytes":266448,"durationSec":11.03,"bitrate":193231,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.938Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/019-139.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-139","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/019/conversation-019-139","catalogNaId":417192597,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417192597","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}