{"conversationCode":"024-169","tapeNumber":24,"conversationNumber":169,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-024-169","startDateTime":"1972-05-08T14:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-08T14:47:00.000Z","startDate":"8-May-1972","startTime":"10:45 AM","endDate":"8-May-1972","endTime":"10:47 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:45 am and 10:47 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-169 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. 24-169\n\nDate: May 8, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:45 pm and 10:47 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 336-69M]\n\n     Request for a call to George Meany","filename":["024-169.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:33:13","tapeEnd":"00:33:19","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"024-168","nextCode":"025-001","transcript":[{"start":3.04,"end":4.74,"text":"George Meany, please."},{"start":4.76,"end":5.15,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief administrative request to the White House operator to place a telephone call to AFL-CIO President George Meany. This action suggests a presidential attempt to engage with organized labor leadership during a period of intense domestic and foreign policy challenges. The interaction concluded immediately after the operator acknowledged the request.","topics":["George Meany","AFL-CIO","Organized Labor","White House Communications","Presidential Outreach"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:02:29.654Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-meany","afl-cio","organized-labor","white-house-communications","presidential-outreach"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"024-169.mp3","bytes":156106,"durationSec":6.44,"bitrate":193945,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.841Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/024-169.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-169","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/24/conversation-024-169","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}