{"conversationCode":"020-070","tapeNumber":20,"conversationNumber":70,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-020-070","startDateTime":"1972-02-09T00:06:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-09T00:06:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Feb-1972","startTime":"7:06 PM","endDate":"8-Feb-1972","endTime":"7:06 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 7:06 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-070 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. 20-70\n\nDate: February 8, 1972\nTime: 7:06 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n         -Haldeman's schedule\n                -Movie","filename":["020-070.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:18:15","tapeEnd":"02:18:32","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"020-069","nextCode":"020-071","transcript":[{"start":2.77,"end":4.85,"text":"Operator."},{"start":4.87,"end":8.58,"text":"Mr. Haldeman, please."},{"start":8.6,"end":9.99,"text":"Yes, sir, he's on page four at a movie."},{"start":10.01,"end":11.35,"text":"He'll be available there, Mr. Haldeman."},{"start":11.37,"end":11.87,"text":"At a movie?"},{"start":12.13,"end":14.12,"text":"He's available on page at a movie."},{"start":14.14,"end":15.54,"text":"Oh, don't bother."},{"start":15.56,"end":16.17,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":16.19,"end":16.49,"text":"All right, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon attempted to reach Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman via the White House operator to discuss official business. Upon learning that Haldeman was currently at a movie, the President opted not to disturb him. Consequently, no further communication took place and no official actions were initiated.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","White House operations","Presidential communication","scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:58:02.680Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"020-070.mp3","bytes":399986,"durationSec":16.59,"bitrate":192866,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:25.226Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/020-070.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-070","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/20/conversation-020-070","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}