{"conversationCode":"020-065","tapeNumber":20,"conversationNumber":65,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-020-065","startDateTime":"1972-02-08T19:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-08T19:54:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Feb-1972","startTime":"2:51 PM","endDate":"8-Feb-1972","endTime":"2:54 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 2:51 pm and 2:54 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-065 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. 20-65\n\nDate: February 8, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:51 pm and 2:54 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 320-23]\n\n     Call to Earl B. Ruth\n           -Disconnection","filename":["020-065.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:11:36","tapeEnd":"02:11:54","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"020-064","nextCode":"020-066","transcript":[{"start":0.96,"end":1.36,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.58,"end":5.09,"text":"I have Congressman Earl Ruth for you, Mr. President."},{"start":8.89,"end":9.01,"text":"Hello."},{"start":9.03,"end":9.57,"text":"Hello."},{"start":9.59,"end":11.9,"text":"Hello."},{"start":11.92,"end":13.06,"text":"I'm sorry, Mr. President."},{"start":13.08,"end":13.66,"text":"You got him off, huh?"},{"start":13.74,"end":14.44,"text":"I did."},{"start":14.46,"end":14.96,"text":"Off the hook."},{"start":14.98,"end":15.54,"text":"That's all right."},{"start":15.72,"end":16.39,"text":"May I call you back?"},{"start":16.41,"end":16.65,"text":"Sure."},{"start":16.79,"end":17.99,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon attempted to place a telephone call to Congressman Earl B. Ruth through the White House operator. The connection failed, resulting in the accidental disconnection of the Congressman. The operator requested permission to reestablish the call, which the President authorized.","topics":["Earl B. Ruth","Congressman","Telephone communication","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:57:36.299Z"},"topicSlugs":["earl-b-ruth","congressman","telephone-communication","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"020-065.mp3","bytes":433213,"durationSec":17.99,"bitrate":192641,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:25.226Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/020-065.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-065","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/20/conversation-020-065","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}