{"conversationCode":"020-055","tapeNumber":20,"conversationNumber":55,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-020-055","startDateTime":"1972-02-08T01:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-08T01:52:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Feb-1972","startTime":"8:52 PM","endDate":"7-Feb-1972","endTime":"8:52 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 8:52 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-055 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. 20-55\n\nDate: February 7, 1972\nTime: 8:52 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 320-4]\n\n     Request for correct time","filename":["020-055.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:03:07","tapeEnd":"02:03:18","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"020-054","nextCode":"020-056","transcript":[{"start":2.33,"end":3.01,"text":"Please."},{"start":3.03,"end":4.99,"text":"Operator, can you give me the correct time, please?"},{"start":5,"end":6.76,"text":"8.52."},{"start":6.84,"end":7.87,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":8.09,"end":8.59,"text":"You're welcome."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to verify the current time. This brief exchange served exclusively to confirm the time for administrative or personal record-keeping purposes. No further policy matters or official business were discussed during the call.","topics":["White House operations","Timekeeping","Communication","Presidential routine"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:56:42.703Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","timekeeping","communication","presidential-routine"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"020-055.mp3","bytes":246386,"durationSec":10.19,"bitrate":193346,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:25.226Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/020-055.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-055","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/20/conversation-020-055","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}