{"conversationCode":"020-104","tapeNumber":20,"conversationNumber":104,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-020-104","startDateTime":"1972-02-29T03:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-29T03:46:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Feb-1972","startTime":"10:46 PM","endDate":"28-Feb-1972","endTime":"10:46 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:46 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-104 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. 20-104\n\nDate: February 28, 1972\nTime: 10:46 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Status of call to Henry A. Kissinger\n          -Kissinger’s telephone call to Ronald W. Reagan\n          -Return of call\n\n     Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["020-104.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:20:04","tapeEnd":"03:20:15","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"020-103","nextCode":"020-105","transcript":[{"start":0.82,"end":1.23,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":1.43,"end":4.32,"text":"He's talking to Governor Reagan and would like to call you right now."},{"start":4.34,"end":6.65,"text":"Oh, yeah, no, no, don't... Don't interrupt."},{"start":6.67,"end":9.54,"text":"Keep it and get the column, please."},{"start":9.56,"end":10.24,"text":"All right, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator not to interrupt Henry Kissinger, who was currently engaged in a telephone conversation with Governor Ronald Reagan. Nixon requested that the operator wait for Kissinger to conclude his call before facilitating a return communication. Additionally, the President issued a directive for the operator to connect him with H.R. Haldeman.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","Ronald Reagan","H. R. Haldeman","White House communications","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:01:08.904Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","ronald-reagan","h-r-haldeman","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"020-104.mp3","bytes":275225,"durationSec":11.39,"bitrate":193242,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:25.226Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/020-104.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-104","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/20/conversation-020-104","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}