{"conversationCode":"022-139","tapeNumber":22,"conversationNumber":139,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-022-139","startDateTime":"1972-04-16T15:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-16T18:00:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Apr-1972","startTime":"10:55 AM","endDate":"16-Apr-1972","endTime":"1:00 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:55 am and 1:00 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-139 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. 22-139\n\nDate: April 16, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:55 am and 1:00 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 329-63]\n\n     The President’s call to Woods\n          -Woods’s location\n               -Marjorie P. Acker\n          -Return call","filename":["022-139.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:19:21","tapeEnd":"05:19:37","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"022-138","nextCode":"022-140","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.09,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.23,"end":4.42,"text":"Mr. President, Ms. Woods is not answering."},{"start":4.44,"end":7.16,"text":"Ms. Acker says she's probably at church."},{"start":7.2,"end":8.21,"text":"Could Ms. Acker help you?"},{"start":9.33,"end":10.69,"text":"No, that's not necessary."},{"start":11.05,"end":11.69,"text":"All right."},{"start":11.75,"end":12.27,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":12.37,"end":13.84,"text":"If she comes in, she can call."},{"start":13.86,"end":14.7,"text":"All right, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator in an attempt to reach his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. Upon learning from Marjorie P. Acker that Woods was unavailable, likely due to church attendance, the President declined alternative assistance. He concluded the call by requesting that Woods return his message once she became available.","topics":["Rose Mary Woods","White House operations","Scheduling","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:29:42.720Z"},"topicSlugs":["rose-mary-woods","white-house-operations","scheduling","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"022-139.mp3","bytes":396851,"durationSec":16.47,"bitrate":192763,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.521Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/022-139.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-139","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/22/conversation-022-139","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}