{"conversationCode":"020-061","tapeNumber":20,"conversationNumber":61,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-020-061","startDateTime":"1972-02-08T19:31:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-08T19:44:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Feb-1972","startTime":"2:31 PM","endDate":"8-Feb-1972","endTime":"2:44 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 2:31 pm and 2:44 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-061 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. 20-61\n\nDate: February 8, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:31 pm and 2:44 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["020-061.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:05:21","tapeEnd":"02:05:27","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"020-060","nextCode":"020-062","transcript":[{"start":3.51,"end":4.54,"text":"Ziegler, please."},{"start":4.61,"end":5.6,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a direct communication with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. This brief administrative interaction was initiated solely to place a call to Ziegler for undisclosed purposes. No further discussion or substantive policy matters were recorded during this brief exchange.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","communication logistics","administrative request"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:57:14.555Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","communication-logistics","administrative-request"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"020-061.mp3","bytes":150464,"durationSec":6.2,"bitrate":194250,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:25.226Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/020-061.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-061","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/20/conversation-020-061","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}