{"conversationCode":"019-160","tapeNumber":19,"conversationNumber":160,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-019-160","startDateTime":"1972-01-29T13:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-29T13:50:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Jan-1972","startTime":"8:50 AM","endDate":"29-Jan-1972","endTime":"8:50 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:50 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-160 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. 19-160\n\nDate: January 29, 1972\nTime: 8:50 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 660-5]\n\n     Request for a call to William F. (“Billy”) Graham\n         -Embassy Row Hotel\n         -Madison Hotel","filename":["019-160.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"019-159","nextCode":"019-161","transcript":[{"start":0.76,"end":3.48,"text":"President?"},{"start":3.5,"end":4.36,"text":"Dr. Billy Graham."},{"start":4.38,"end":5.96,"text":"I think he's in town."},{"start":5.99,"end":11.39,"text":"Oh, he stays over at that new hotel."},{"start":11.41,"end":12.91,"text":"The Embassy Rose, is it?"},{"start":12.94,"end":13.12,"text":"Huh?"},{"start":13.14,"end":13.68,"text":"The Embassy Rose?"},{"start":13.78,"end":15.34,"text":"No, no."},{"start":15.52,"end":18.06,"text":"About five, ten years ago."},{"start":18.08,"end":24.27,"text":"Oh, the... Not the Jefferson."},{"start":24.29,"end":24.73,"text":"Madison."},{"start":24.79,"end":25.39,"text":"Madison?"},{"start":25.61,"end":26.23,"text":"Okay, fine."},{"start":26.25,"end":29.38,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon tasked the White House operator with initiating a phone call to evangelist Billy Graham. The two consulted on the likely location of Graham's accommodations, ultimately identifying the Madison Hotel as the site where he was staying. This interaction served as the administrative logistical step required to connect the President with his advisor.","topics":["Billy Graham","White House logistics","Presidential communications","Madison Hotel"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:49:43.161Z"},"topicSlugs":["billy-graham","white-house-logistics","presidential-communications","madison-hotel"],"audioDurationSec":29,"audioFiles":[{"file":"019-160.mp3","bytes":709066,"durationSec":29.49,"bitrate":192365,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.938Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/019-160.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-160","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/19/conversation-019-160","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}