{"conversationCode":"020-059","tapeNumber":20,"conversationNumber":59,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-020-059","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 020-059 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. 20-59\n\nDate: February 8, 1972\nTime: 2:31 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 320-15]\n\n     Status of call to Robert H. Finch\n          -Finch's schedule\n                 -John C. Veneman\n                       -Madison Hotel\n                 -Return of call","filename":["020-059.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:04:56","tapeEnd":"02:05:13","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"020-058","nextCode":"020-060","transcript":[{"start":1.03,"end":1.43,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.73,"end":8.64,"text":"Mr. President, Mr. Finch is having lunch at the Madison Hotel with Mr. Veneman, but he should be coming in the door any minute."},{"start":8.66,"end":9.47,"text":"Can I have him call you?"},{"start":10.19,"end":12.31,"text":"Sure, if it's before 3 o'clock."},{"start":12.51,"end":13.15,"text":"I'll tell them that."},{"start":13.47,"end":14.94,"text":"If not, I'll call him this afternoon."},{"start":14.96,"end":15.98,"text":"Fine, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon coordinated with the White House operator to facilitate a phone conversation with Robert H. Finch. The operator informed the President that Finch was currently at lunch with John C. Veneman at the Madison Hotel but expected to return shortly. Nixon requested that Finch call him back before 3:00 p.m., or otherwise be reached later that afternoon.","topics":["Robert H. Finch","John C. Veneman","White House operations","Scheduling","Communication coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:57:04.307Z"},"topicSlugs":["robert-h-finch","john-c-veneman","white-house-operations","scheduling","communication-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"020-059.mp3","bytes":418794,"durationSec":17.39,"bitrate":192651,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:25.226Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/020-059.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-059","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/20/conversation-020-059","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}