{"conversationCode":"020-005","tapeNumber":20,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-020-005","startDateTime":"1972-01-31T20:57:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-31T20:58:00.000Z","startDate":"31-Jan-1972","startTime":"3:57 PM","endDate":"31-Jan-1972","endTime":"3:58 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); McClory, Robert;","description":"On January 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Robert McClory talked on the telephone from 3:57 pm to 3:58 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-005 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. 20-5\n\nDate: January 31, 1972\nTime: 3:57 pm - 3:58 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Robert McClory.\n\n[See Conversation No. 661-3B]\n\n     Greeting\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 04/29/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n\n[020-005-w001]\n[Duration: 34s]\n\n       Robert McClory\n              -Birthday\n                      -Best wishes from President\n              -Work on behalf of President’s re-election\n              -Details of birthday party\n                      -Missing President’s piano playing\n\n**********************************************************************","filename":["020-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:10:05","tapeEnd":"00:10:44","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","McClory, Robert"],"prevCode":"020-004","nextCode":"020-006","transcript":[{"start":0.3,"end":1.25,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.51,"end":2.84,"text":"Congressman McCrory, Mr. President."},{"start":3.43,"end":3.61,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":4.28,"end":5.26,"text":"Hello."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated this brief telephone call to extend birthday greetings to Representative Robert McClory. The two briefly discussed McClory's upcoming birthday celebration and the Congressman's ongoing efforts to support the President's 1972 re-election campaign. The conversation concluded with a lighthearted exchange regarding the President's piano playing.","topics":["Richard Nixon","Robert McClory","1972 election","birthday","political outreach"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:52:09.769Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-nixon","robert-mcclory","1972-election","birthday","political-outreach"],"audioDurationSec":40,"audioFiles":[{"file":"020-005.mp3","bytes":951065,"durationSec":39.56,"bitrate":192345,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.938Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/020-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/20/conversation-020-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}