{"conversationCode":"019-179","tapeNumber":19,"conversationNumber":179,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-019-179","startDateTime":"1972-01-30T22:29:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-30T22:33:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Jan-1972","startTime":"5:29 PM","endDate":"30-Jan-1972","endTime":"5:33 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:29 pm and 5:33 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-179 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. 19-179\n\nDate: January 30, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 5:29 pm and 5:33 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["019-179.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"019-178","nextCode":"019-180","transcript":[{"start":2.53,"end":3.9,"text":"No problem."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman. This brief interaction served solely as an administrative bridge to initiate a discussion with a key advisor. No substantive policy matters or decisions were transacted during this specific exchange.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","White House operations","Presidential communication","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:51:26.042Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"019-179.mp3","bytes":129775,"durationSec":5.33,"bitrate":194621,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.938Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/019-179.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-179","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/19/conversation-019-179","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}