{"conversationCode":"019-156","tapeNumber":19,"conversationNumber":156,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-019-156","startDateTime":"1972-01-28T23:13:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-28T23:13:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Jan-1972","startTime":"6:13 PM","endDate":"28-Jan-1972","endTime":"6:13 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 6:13 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-156 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. 19-156\n\nDate: January 28, 1972\nTime: 6:13 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["019-156.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"019-155","nextCode":"019-157","transcript":[{"start":2.6,"end":4.91,"text":"I'd like Dr. Kister."},{"start":4.93,"end":9.11,"text":"He may be in a meeting."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to connect him with National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. The brief communication reflects the President's immediate need to reach his foreign policy advisor, despite potential availability conflicts. No substantive policy discussions occur as the call remains limited to the logistical arrangement of the connection.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House operations","Presidential communications","Foreign policy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:49:21.341Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","foreign-policy"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"019-156.mp3","bytes":277732,"durationSec":11.51,"bitrate":193022,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.938Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/019-156.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-156","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/19/conversation-019-156","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}