{"conversationCode":"020-091","tapeNumber":20,"conversationNumber":91,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-020-091","startDateTime":"1972-02-15T03:22:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-15T03:32:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Feb-1972","startTime":"10:22 PM","endDate":"14-Feb-1972","endTime":"10:32 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:22 pm and 10:32 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-091 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. 20-91\n\nDate: February 14, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:22 pm and 10:32 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":["020-091.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:54:14","tapeEnd":"02:54:28","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"020-090","nextCode":"020-092","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":6.54,"text":"Operator, would you ring Dr. Kissinger?"},{"start":6.57,"end":10.99,"text":"He may not be back to his office or home yet, but it's time to get there."},{"start":11.21,"end":11.42,"text":"All right."},{"start":11.48,"end":11.74,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":11.76,"end":13.5,"text":"You're welcome."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an urgent telephone call to his National Security Advisor, Henry Kissinger. The President expressed a desire to reach Kissinger despite acknowledging uncertainty regarding whether he had returned to his office or residence. This brief administrative exchange served solely to facilitate direct communication between the President and his top foreign policy aide.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House communications","National security","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:59:56.068Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-communications","national-security","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"020-091.mp3","bytes":327888,"durationSec":13.59,"bitrate":192977,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:25.226Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/020-091.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-091","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/20/conversation-020-091","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}