{"conversationCode":"020-047","tapeNumber":20,"conversationNumber":47,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-020-047","startDateTime":"1972-02-07T16:41:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-07T20:41:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Feb-1972","startTime":"11:41 AM","endDate":"7-Feb-1972","endTime":"3:41 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 7, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:41 am and 3:41 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-047 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. 20-47\n\nDate: February 7, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:41 am and 3:41 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 319-7]\n\n     Request for a call to Raymond K. Price, Jr.","filename":["020-047.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:54:52","tapeEnd":"01:55:00","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"020-046","nextCode":"020-048","transcript":[{"start":0.08,"end":3.72,"text":"Yes, Mr. Gray."},{"start":3.76,"end":4.77,"text":"Great price, please."},{"start":4.79,"end":5.54,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to speechwriter and aide Raymond K. Price, Jr. This brief administrative interaction served as the initiation of a direct communication line between the President and a key member of his writing staff. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this exchange, as its sole purpose was to facilitate the connection.","topics":["Raymond K. Price Jr.","White House communications","Presidential scheduling","Staff coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:55:58.768Z"},"topicSlugs":["raymond-k-price-jr","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling","staff-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"020-047.mp3","bytes":160495,"durationSec":6.63,"bitrate":193798,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.939Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/020-047.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-047","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/20/conversation-020-047","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}