{"conversationCode":"020-080","tapeNumber":20,"conversationNumber":80,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-020-080","startDateTime":"1972-02-09T13:44:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-09T13:45:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Feb-1972","startTime":"8:44 AM","endDate":"9-Feb-1972","endTime":"8:45 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Tkach, Walter R.;","description":"On February 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Walter R. Tkach talked on the telephone from 8:44 am to 8:45 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-080 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. 20-80\n\nDate: February 9, 1972\nTime: 8:44 am - 8:45 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Gen. Walter R. Tkach.\n\n[See Conversation No. 668-9]\n\n     Promotion\n         -Timing\n\n**********************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 04/30/2019.\nSegment will remain closed.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[020-080-w001]\n[Duration: 21s]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n**********************************************************************","filename":["020-080.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:27:23","tapeEnd":"02:28:07","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Tkach, Walter R."],"prevCode":"020-079","nextCode":"020-081","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":8.76,"text":"I just filed or signed something which made you a major general."},{"start":9.51,"end":10.03,"text":"Good God."},{"start":10.05,"end":11.07,"text":"So you're all..."},{"start":11.09,"end":12.31,"text":"So don't spend the money, though."},{"start":12.33,"end":13.37,"text":"They tell me it takes months."},{"start":13.39,"end":15.53,"text":"I thought it was going to be next year, Mr. President."},{"start":15.55,"end":18.36,"text":"Yeah, well, I think it came across my desk."},{"start":18.38,"end":20.72,"text":"Well, thank you very kindly."},{"start":20.74,"end":22.4,"text":"Thanks a million, sir."},{"start":22.76,"end":23.3,"text":"Fine, fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon calls Major General Walter R. Tkach to personally inform him that he has signed the paperwork authorizing Tkach's promotion to major general. Tkach expresses surprise at the swiftness of the advancement, as he had originally anticipated the promotion would not occur until the following year. Nixon playfully warns Tkach not to spend the associated pay raise immediately, noting that the bureaucratic process for the salary adjustment may take several months.","topics":["Walter R. Tkach","Military promotion","White House personnel","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:58:56.574Z"},"topicSlugs":["walter-r-tkach","military-promotion","white-house-personnel","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":44,"audioFiles":[{"file":"020-080.mp3","bytes":1047613,"durationSec":43.58,"bitrate":192324,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:25.226Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/020-080.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-080","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/20/conversation-020-080","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}