{"conversationCode":"020-021","tapeNumber":20,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-020-021","startDateTime":"1972-02-02T18:48:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-02T18:48:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Feb-1972","startTime":"1:48 PM","endDate":"2-Feb-1972","endTime":"1:48 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:48 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-021 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. 20-21\n\nDate: February 2, 1972\nTime: 1:48 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 318-11]\n\n     Status of call to Peter M. Flanigan\n          -Flanigan's schedule\n\n          -Return call","filename":["020-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:44:42","tapeEnd":"00:44:57","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"020-020","nextCode":"020-022","transcript":[{"start":1.11,"end":12.25,"text":"hello uh mr planigan is in new york making a speech would you like me to reach him he's expected back at about four no i'll talk to him when he gets back surely"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon communicated with the White House operator to inquire about the availability of advisor Peter M. Flanigan. Upon learning that Flanigan was currently in New York delivering a speech, the President decided to postpone the contact. Nixon instructed the operator to hold the call until Flanigan returned to the office later that afternoon.","topics":["Peter M. Flanigan","White House operations","Scheduling","Communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:53:35.825Z"},"topicSlugs":["peter-m-flanigan","white-house-operations","scheduling","communications"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"020-021.mp3","bytes":347950,"durationSec":14.42,"bitrate":193042,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.938Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/020-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/20/conversation-020-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}