{"conversationCode":"020-036","tapeNumber":20,"conversationNumber":36,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-020-036","startDateTime":"1972-02-02T21:31:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-03T00:43:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Feb-1972","startTime":"4:31 PM","endDate":"2-Feb-1972","endTime":"7:43 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 4:31 pm and 7:43 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-036 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. 20-36\n\nDate: February 2, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 4:31 pm and 7:43 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["020-036.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:12:25","tapeEnd":"01:12:30","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"020-035","nextCode":"020-037","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":0.44,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to place a telephone call to National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger. This brief administrative exchange serves as the logistical bridge to facilitate a high-level consultation between the President and his advisor. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief connection.","topics":["Henry A. Kissinger","White House communications","Presidential scheduling","Foreign policy coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:54:58.837Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-a-kissinger","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling","foreign-policy-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"020-036.mp3","bytes":127894,"durationSec":5.26,"bitrate":194470,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:25.226Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/020-036.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-036","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/20/conversation-020-036","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}