{"conversationCode":"020-056","tapeNumber":20,"conversationNumber":56,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-020-056","startDateTime":"1972-02-08T15:21:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-08T17:28:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Feb-1972","startTime":"10:21 AM","endDate":"8-Feb-1972","endTime":"12:28 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:21 am and 12:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-056 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. 20-56\n\nDate: February 8, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:21 am and 12:28 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 320-8]\n\n     Request for a call to H. Walter Riland\n         -Dr. W. Kenneth Riland","filename":["020-056.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:03:18","tapeEnd":"02:03:44","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"020-055","nextCode":"020-057","transcript":[{"start":0.17,"end":9.22,"text":"I wondered if you could get me Mr. Walter Ryland."},{"start":9.28,"end":11.18,"text":"He's the father of Dr. Ryland."},{"start":11.68,"end":12.72,"text":"The father of Dr. Ryland?"},{"start":12.74,"end":14.38,"text":"Yeah, he's having his birthday today."},{"start":14.42,"end":15.14,"text":"Let's see."},{"start":15.46,"end":20.83,"text":"It's in 11 Warwick Avenue, Scarsdale, New York."},{"start":21.29,"end":23.01,"text":"All right, Mr. President, fine."},{"start":23.03,"end":23.93,"text":"Mr. Walter Ryland."},{"start":24.21,"end":24.76,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to arrange a birthday call for H. Walter Riland, the father of Dr. W. Kenneth Riland. The President provided the recipient's specific contact information in Scarsdale, New York, to facilitate the connection. This brief administrative interaction served as a personal outreach effort by the President.","topics":["H. Walter Riland","W. Kenneth Riland","White House operator","Birthday call","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:56:48.006Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-walter-riland","w-kenneth-riland","white-house-operator","birthday-call","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":26,"audioFiles":[{"file":"020-056.mp3","bytes":630072,"durationSec":26.19,"bitrate":192490,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:25.226Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/020-056.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-056","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/20/conversation-020-056","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}