{"conversationCode":"019-163","tapeNumber":19,"conversationNumber":163,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-019-163","startDateTime":"1972-01-29T15:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-29T15:43:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Jan-1972","startTime":"10:30 AM","endDate":"29-Jan-1972","endTime":"10:43 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 10:30 am and 10:43 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-163 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. 19-163\n\nDate: January 29, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:30 am and 10:43 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 660-8B]\n\n     Request for a call to John N. Mitchell","filename":["019-163.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"019-162","nextCode":"019-164","transcript":[{"start":0.22,"end":5.8,"text":"Attorney General please."},{"start":5.83,"end":6.13,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to be connected with Attorney General John N. Mitchell. The call serves as a brief administrative bridge to facilitate direct communication with the Attorney General regarding pending official business. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occur during this brief exchange with the operator.","topics":["John N. Mitchell","Attorney General","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:49:59.809Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-n-mitchell","attorney-general","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"019-163.mp3","bytes":166137,"durationSec":6.86,"bitrate":193647,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.938Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/019-163.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-163","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/19/conversation-019-163","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}