{"conversationCode":"020-058","tapeNumber":20,"conversationNumber":58,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-020-058","startDateTime":"1972-02-08T19:31:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-08T19:31:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Feb-1972","startTime":"2:31 PM","endDate":"8-Feb-1972","endTime":"2:31 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 2:31 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-058 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. 20-58\n\nDate: February 8, 1972\nTime: 2:31 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 320-14]\n\n     Request for a call to Robert H. Finch","filename":["020-058.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:04:51","tapeEnd":"02:04:56","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"020-057","nextCode":"020-059","transcript":[{"start":2.38,"end":3.13,"text":"Mr. Finch, please."},{"start":3.27,"end":3.87,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Robert H. Finch. This brief interaction served solely to initiate communication with the former Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. The President's primary action was the immediate request for this connection.","topics":["Robert H. Finch","White House communications","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:56:58.881Z"},"topicSlugs":["robert-h-finch","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"020-058.mp3","bytes":131029,"durationSec":5.4,"bitrate":194219,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:25.226Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/020-058.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-058","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/20/conversation-020-058","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}