{"conversationCode":"020-024","tapeNumber":20,"conversationNumber":24,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-020-024","startDateTime":"1972-02-02T19:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-02T19:04:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Feb-1972","startTime":"2:00 PM","endDate":"2-Feb-1972","endTime":"2:04 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 2:00 pm and 2:04 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-024 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. 20-24\n\nDate: February 2, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:00 pm and 2:04 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 318-16]\n\n     Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["020-024.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:48:51","tapeEnd":"00:48:57","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"020-023","nextCode":"020-025","transcript":[{"start":3.17,"end":4.79,"text":"Ron Ziegler, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call through the White House operator to connect with his Press Secretary, Ronald L. Ziegler. The primary objective of this exchange is to facilitate direct communication with a key member of his staff. No substantive policy matters are discussed during this administrative connection request.","topics":["White House communications","Ronald L. Ziegler","Presidential scheduling","Press Secretary"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:53:51.663Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","ronald-l-ziegler","presidential-scheduling","press-secretary"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"020-024.mp3","bytes":151091,"durationSec":6.24,"bitrate":193845,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.938Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/020-024.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-024","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/020/conversation-020-024","catalogNaId":417192731,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417192731","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}