{"conversationCode":"020-007","tapeNumber":20,"conversationNumber":7,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-020-007","startDateTime":"1972-01-31T21:01:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-31T21:03:00.000Z","startDate":"31-Jan-1972","startTime":"4:01 PM","endDate":"31-Jan-1972","endTime":"4:03 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Arsht, Leslye A.;","description":"On January 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Leslye A. Arsht talked on the telephone from 4:01 pm to 4:03 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-007 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. 20-7\n\nDate: January 31, 1972\nTime: 4:01 pm - 4:03 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Leslye A. Arsht.\n\n[See Conversation No. 661-6]\n\n     Earlier party for Arsht\n           -President's attempt to call\n\n     Gratitude for effort\n           -Hours\n           -News Summary\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[020-007-w002]\n[Duration: 5s]\n\n      Gratitude for effort\n             -Help in President’s re-election campaign\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n     Gratitude for effort\n           -News Summary\n                -Quality\n                -Lyndon K. (“Mort”) Allin role\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[020-007-w003]\n[Duration: 7s]\n\n      Gratitude for effort\n             -Salary\n\n**********************************************************************","filename":["020-007.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:10:59","tapeEnd":"00:11:57","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Arsht, Leslye A."],"prevCode":"020-006","nextCode":"020-008","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.25,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.65,"end":3.34,"text":"Hello, sir."},{"start":3.36,"end":3.92,"text":"Hello, how are you?"},{"start":3.94,"end":7.34,"text":"I was sorry that I didn't get to call you that time they had your party."},{"start":7.42,"end":16.26,"text":"I tried to reach you, but I just wanted you to know how grateful I am for those miserable long hours you put in night after night after night."},{"start":16.8,"end":19.6,"text":"And what a fine job all of you have done on the news summary."},{"start":19.98,"end":21.25,"text":"Oh, thank you, sir, very much."},{"start":26.84,"end":32.03,"text":"Well, I tell you, that new summary is a fantastic achievement."},{"start":33.63,"end":41.03,"text":"It's probably, I think, much better than any president has ever had."},{"start":41.11,"end":45.79,"text":"And Mort Allen and you and all the rest that work on it deserve an enormous credit."},{"start":46.55,"end":48.34,"text":"And we appreciate all those hours."},{"start":48.68,"end":49.98,"text":"Thank you, sir."},{"start":50,"end":51.08,"text":"It was my pleasure to do it."},{"start":58.77,"end":58.87,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon called Leslye A. Arsht to express his personal gratitude for her dedicated service and long hours working on the White House news summary. He specifically praised the high quality of the summary, noting that it surpassed those available to previous presidents, and commended the contributions of Arsht and Lyndon K. “Mort” Allin. The conversation also served as an opportunity for the President to apologize for missing her recent party and acknowledge her commitment to his re-election campaign.","topics":["News Summary","Presidential Communication","Staff Appreciation","1972 Re-election Campaign","White House Operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:52:20.432Z"},"topicSlugs":["news-summary","presidential-communication","staff-appreciation","1972-re-election-campaign","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":59,"audioFiles":[{"file":"020-007.mp3","bytes":1413746,"durationSec":58.85,"bitrate":192190,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.938Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/020-007.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-007","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/20/conversation-020-007","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}