{"conversationCode":"024-069","tapeNumber":24,"conversationNumber":69,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-024-069","startDateTime":"1972-05-10T20:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-10T20:45:00.000Z","startDate":"10-May-1972","startTime":"4:25 PM","endDate":"10-May-1972","endTime":"4:45 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Kissinger, Henry A.; White House operator;","description":"On May 10, 1972, Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:25 pm and 4:45 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-069 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. 24-69\n\nDate: May 10, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 4:25 pm and 4:45 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nHenry A. Kissinger talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 337-28/339-1A]\n\n     Request for a call to Anatoliy F. Dobrynin","filename":["024-069.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:21:29","tapeEnd":"01:21:37","participantsList":["Kissinger, Henry A.","White House operator"],"prevCode":"024-068","nextCode":"024-070","transcript":[{"start":2.27,"end":2.92,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":2.94,"end":4.78,"text":"Get me the Soviet ambassador, please."},{"start":5.43,"end":6.6,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Henry Kissinger requested that the White House operator place a telephone call to Soviet Ambassador Anatoliy F. Dobrynin. This action indicates ongoing high-level diplomatic efforts between the United States and the Soviet Union during a period of critical foreign policy negotiations. The call was initiated to facilitate direct communication with the Soviet leadership.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","Anatoliy Dobrynin","Soviet-American relations","Diplomacy","White House communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:53:23.852Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","anatoliy-dobrynin","us-soviet-relations","diplomacy","white-house-communications"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"024-069.mp3","bytes":191842,"durationSec":7.92,"bitrate":193891,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.840Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/024-069.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-069","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/024/conversation-024-069","catalogNaId":646314454,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/646314454","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}