{"conversationCode":"020-085","tapeNumber":20,"conversationNumber":85,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-020-085","startDateTime":"1972-02-09T19:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-09T20:36:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Feb-1972","startTime":"2:51 PM","endDate":"9-Feb-1972","endTime":"3:36 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:51 pm and 3:36 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-085 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. 20-85\n\nDate: February 9, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:51 pm and 3:36 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["020-085.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:33:45","tapeEnd":"02:33:55","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"020-084","nextCode":"020-086","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":9.99,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an immediate telephone connection with his National Security Advisor, Henry A. Kissinger. This brief administrative interaction served as the necessary logistical step to initiate a high-level consultation between the two men. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this request for communication.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House communications","National security","Executive procedures"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:59:23.303Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-communications","national-security","executive-procedures"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"020-085.mp3","bytes":241370,"durationSec":9.99,"bitrate":193198,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:25.226Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/020-085.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-085","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/20/conversation-020-085","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}