{"conversationCode":"020-138","tapeNumber":20,"conversationNumber":138,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-020-138","startDateTime":"1972-03-01T16:22:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-01T16:27:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Mar-1972","startTime":"11:22 AM","endDate":"1-Mar-1972","endTime":"11:27 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:22 am and 11:27 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-138 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. 20-138\n\nDate: March 1, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:22 am and 11:27 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 676-21]\n\n     Status of call to Ronald H. Walker\n          -Walker's schedule\n          -President's schedule\n                 -Possible future call\n\n                -Florida","filename":["020-138.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:48:57","tapeEnd":"04:49:20","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"020-137","nextCode":"020-139","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.07,"text":"Mr. President?"},{"start":2.19,"end":2.55,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":2.57,"end":3.98,"text":"Mr. Walker is out."},{"start":4,"end":5.58,"text":"We expect to hear from him shortly."},{"start":5.62,"end":9.42,"text":"We're trying to get..."},{"start":9.44,"end":10.44,"text":"Yes."},{"start":10.46,"end":19.29,"text":"I'll call... Well, let's see, I'll be leaving here in about a half hour, so I may call him tomorrow."},{"start":19.91,"end":20.11,"text":"All right."},{"start":20.13,"end":21.23,"text":"Because I'll be going to Florida."},{"start":21.37,"end":21.57,"text":"Okay."},{"start":21.59,"end":22.66,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":22.68,"end":23.14,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to check the availability of Ronald H. Walker for a planned telephone call. Upon learning that Walker was currently unavailable, the President decided to postpone the outreach until the following day due to his impending departure for Florida. No further actions were taken during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["Ronald H. Walker","Presidential scheduling","White House operations","Florida travel"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:04:20.237Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-h-walker","presidential-scheduling","white-house-operations","florida-travel"],"audioDurationSec":24,"audioFiles":[{"file":"020-138.mp3","bytes":568005,"durationSec":23.6,"bitrate":192576,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:25.226Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/020-138.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-138","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/20/conversation-020-138","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}