{"conversationCode":"020-054","tapeNumber":20,"conversationNumber":54,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-020-054","startDateTime":"1972-02-07T21:53:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-08T01:52:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Feb-1972","startTime":"4:53 PM","endDate":"7-Feb-1972","endTime":"8:52 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 4:53 pm and 8:52 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-054 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. 20-54\n\nDate: February 7, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 4:53 pm and 8:52 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 319-19B]\n\n     Ronald L. Ziegler's schedule\n          -Briefing\n          -Return of the President's call","filename":["020-054.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:03:00","tapeEnd":"02:03:07","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"020-053","nextCode":"020-055","transcript":[{"start":1.99,"end":2.49,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":2.61,"end":3.94,"text":"He's briefing, Mr. President."},{"start":3.98,"end":4.32,"text":"Oh, fine."},{"start":4.34,"end":5.95,"text":"When he finishes, he can call me."},{"start":5.97,"end":6.08,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a phone call to request a conversation with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. Upon learning that Ziegler was currently occupied with a briefing, Nixon instructed the operator to have him return the call once he concluded his duties. This brief exchange serves primarily as an administrative coordination for the President's upcoming communication with his press secretary.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","scheduling","communications","press briefing"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:56:37.463Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","scheduling","communications","press-briefing"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"020-054.mp3","bytes":188707,"durationSec":7.8,"bitrate":193648,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.521Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/020-054.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-054","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/20/conversation-020-054","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}