{"conversationCode":"020-078","tapeNumber":20,"conversationNumber":78,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-020-078","startDateTime":"1972-02-09T13:39:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-09T13:40:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Feb-1972","startTime":"8:39 AM","endDate":"9-Feb-1972","endTime":"8:40 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Zwach, John M.;","description":"On February 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and John M. Zwach talked on the telephone from 8:39 am to 8:40 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-078 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. 20-78\n\nDate: February 9, 1972\nTime: 8:39 am - 8:40 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with John M. Zwach.\n\n[See Conversation No. 668-7]\n\n     Birthday greetings\n          -Coincidental birthdays\n                -John T. Myers and John N. Erlenborn\n          -Support for the President","filename":["020-078.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:26:40","tapeEnd":"02:27:16","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Zwach, John M."],"prevCode":"020-077","nextCode":"020-079","transcript":[{"start":0.77,"end":19.1,"text":"hello congressman schrock of minnesota sir hello hi john mr president i just noted that you had a birthday yesterday and i wanted it to uh congratulate you also i thought you'd be interested to know that two of your republican colleagues had a birthday and they're both johns is that right sean meyer"},{"start":19.08,"end":19.7,"text":"Yes."},{"start":19.72,"end":21.89,"text":"He was yesterday."},{"start":22.01,"end":22.97,"text":"And John Erlenborn."},{"start":23.03,"end":26.4,"text":"So apparently everybody who's born on this day was called John."},{"start":26.52,"end":27.98,"text":"We have triplets then."},{"start":28,"end":28.44,"text":"That's right."},{"start":28.54,"end":29.06,"text":"Mr. President."},{"start":29.46,"end":30.59,"text":"Well, good to talk to you."},{"start":30.63,"end":32.55,"text":"Thank you very much for calling, Mr. President."},{"start":32.57,"end":34.25,"text":"We appreciated your fine support down there."},{"start":34.31,"end":34.77,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":34.98,"end":35.66,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Representative John M. Zwach called President Nixon to offer belated birthday greetings following the President’s birthday the previous day. The conversation highlighted a coincidence regarding shared birthdays among Republican colleagues John T. Myers and John N. Erlenborn. President Nixon acknowledged the call by expressing his appreciation for Zwach’s ongoing political support.","topics":["Birthday greetings","Political support","Congressional relations","Republican Party"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:58:45.903Z"},"topicSlugs":["birthday-greetings","political-support","congressional-relations","republican-party"],"audioDurationSec":37,"audioFiles":[{"file":"020-078.mp3","bytes":884609,"durationSec":36.78,"bitrate":192408,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:25.226Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/020-078.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-078","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/20/conversation-020-078","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}