{"conversationCode":"023-057","tapeNumber":23,"conversationNumber":57,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-023-057","startDateTime":"1972-04-20T20:19:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-20T20:36:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Apr-1972","startTime":"3:19 PM","endDate":"20-Apr-1972","endTime":"3:36 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:19 pm and 3:36 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-057 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. 23-57\n\nDate: April 20, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:19 and 3:36 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 332-21D]\n\n     Request for a call to William P. Rogers","filename":["023-057.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"023-056","nextCode":"023-058","transcript":[{"start":3.2,"end":4.44,"text":"Secretary Rogers please."},{"start":4.46,"end":4.62,"text":"Yes sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to be connected with Secretary of State William P. Rogers. This brief administrative interaction serves as the preliminary step for a subsequent high-level diplomatic discussion. The primary action item is the establishment of this telephonic communication channel between the President and the State Department leadership.","topics":["William P. Rogers","White House Operator","Diplomacy","Administrative communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:36:53.360Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-p-rogers","white-house-operator","diplomacy","administrative-communication"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"023-057.mp3","bytes":157987,"durationSec":6.53,"bitrate":193585,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.522Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/023-057.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-057","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/23/conversation-023-057","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}