{"conversationCode":"020-139","tapeNumber":20,"conversationNumber":139,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-020-139","startDateTime":"1972-03-01T16:22:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-01T16:29:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Mar-1972","startTime":"11:22 AM","endDate":"1-Mar-1972","endTime":"11:29 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Nixon, Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan);","description":"On March 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:22 am and 11:29 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-139 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. 20-139\n\nDate: March 1, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:22 am and 11:29 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 676-22A]\n\n     Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon on the line\n\nMrs. Nixon talked with the President between 11:27 am and 11:29 am.\n\n     Chinese gifts\n          -Display\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 05/14/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[020-139-w001]\n[Duration: 17s]\n\n       Julie Nixon Eisenhower's schedule\n               -Location\n               -Delay departure\n               -Forthcoming telephone call to President\n\n**********************************************************************","filename":["020-139.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:49:20","tapeEnd":"04:50:14","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Nixon, Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan)","Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Nixon, Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan)"],"prevCode":"020-138","nextCode":"020-140","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":11.44,"text":"I was just thinking that I don't know when those things will get here, but you probably already thought about it, that those..."},{"start":12.52,"end":36.15,"text":"gifts from the chinese would be very good to be to display at this point because they're you know over there like you've done well i always do that yeah yeah i was you know yeah as soon as they're there there'll be enormous interest in them yeah and uh okay right yeah i know i know they did but i just i was just looking at the list of them here i don't i don't and they certainly sound interesting"},{"start":53.84,"end":54,"text":"you"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon discussed the public display of gifts received during the President's recent trip to China, agreeing that the items would generate significant public interest. Additionally, the conversation touched upon the logistics of Julie Nixon Eisenhower's travel schedule, including a delay in her departure and an upcoming phone call with the President.","topics":["Pat Nixon","China visit","Diplomatic gifts","Julie Nixon Eisenhower","Public relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:04:25.477Z"},"topicSlugs":["pat-nixon","china-visit","diplomatic-gifts","julie-nixon-eisenhower","public-relations"],"audioDurationSec":54,"audioFiles":[{"file":"020-139.mp3","bytes":1295881,"durationSec":53.92,"bitrate":192263,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:25.226Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/020-139.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-139","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/20/conversation-020-139","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}