{"conversationCode":"020-017","tapeNumber":20,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-020-017","startDateTime":"1972-02-02T14:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-02T14:13:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Feb-1972","startTime":"9:10 AM","endDate":"2-Feb-1972","endTime":"9:13 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Gubser, Charles S.;","description":"On February 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles S. Gubser talked on the telephone from 9:10 am to 9:13 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-017 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. 20-17\n\nDate: February 2, 1972\nTime: 9:10 am - 9:13 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Charles S. Gubser.\n\n[See Conversation No. 664-2]\n\n     Birthday greetings\n          -William E. Timmons\n          -Gubser’s schedule\n          -Gubser’s support for President","filename":["020-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:42:42","tapeEnd":"00:43:38","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Gubser, Charles S."],"prevCode":"020-016","nextCode":"020-018","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":6.32,"text":"I have Congressman Goops here, Mr. President."},{"start":6.5,"end":7.26,"text":"Hello."},{"start":7.28,"end":7.84,"text":"Good morning."},{"start":8.12,"end":8.66,"text":"Hi, Charlie."},{"start":8.74,"end":16.47,"text":"I just noticed from reading one of my reports from Timmons that you had a birthday, and I wanted to tell you that I didn't realize you were that old."},{"start":17.76,"end":22.02,"text":"You've got all that, you've got that young spirit and everything, and boy, just keep going, huh?"},{"start":22,"end":25.03,"text":"Well, I'm going to try to keep going, Mr. President."},{"start":25.41,"end":26.71,"text":"This is awfully nice."},{"start":26.79,"end":27.91,"text":"Well, you're still full of fight, are you?"},{"start":27.95,"end":28.66,"text":"What did you do yesterday?"},{"start":28.68,"end":31.24,"text":"You go home and celebrate in the office?"},{"start":32.14,"end":36.65,"text":"No, I rushed the season a little bit and had an early barbecue last evening."},{"start":36.67,"end":37.51,"text":"Did you?"},{"start":37.49,"end":41.34,"text":"Yeah, it's a good thing you got in for the snow, yeah, right."},{"start":41.86,"end":45.41,"text":"Oh, this is so nice of you, Mr. President, and I appreciate it greatly."},{"start":45.43,"end":48.32,"text":"It's good to talk to you, and we sure appreciate the fine support you've been giving us."},{"start":48.34,"end":50.46,"text":"Well, you'll continue to get it, I promise you that."},{"start":50.48,"end":52.12,"text":"You not only vote right, but you talk good."},{"start":53.65,"end":54.23,"text":"Okay."},{"start":54.25,"end":55.15,"text":"Thanks a lot."},{"start":55.43,"end":56.09,"text":"Bye-bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon received a brief congratulatory telephone call from Congressman Charles S. Gubser regarding the President's recent birthday. The conversation served primarily as a social pleasantry, during which Nixon acknowledged Gubser's legislative support. The President concluded the call by commending Gubser's ongoing loyalty and advocacy for the administration's agenda.","topics":["Richard Nixon","Charles S. Gubser","Political support","Congressional relations","Birthday greetings"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:53:14.184Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-nixon","charles-s-gubser","political-support","congressional-relations","birthday-greetings"],"audioDurationSec":58,"audioFiles":[{"file":"020-017.mp3","bytes":1404341,"durationSec":58.46,"bitrate":192184,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.938Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/020-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/20/conversation-020-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}