{"conversationCode":"026-020","tapeNumber":26,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-026-020","startDateTime":"1972-06-28T01:06:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-06-28T01:10:00.000Z","startDate":"27-Jun-1972","startTime":"9:06 PM","endDate":"27-Jun-1972","endTime":"9:10 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Rizzo, Frank L.;","description":"On June 27, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Frank L. Rizzo talked on the telephone from 9:06 pm to 9:10 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 026-020 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. 26-20\n\nDate: June 27, 1972\nTime: 9:06-9:10 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Frank L. Rizzo.\n\n[See Conversation No. 345-2]\n\n     Rizzo’s health\n          -The President’s wishes\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 2m ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n     The President's trip to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania\n\n     George S. McGovern\n\n     The President's conversation with John Cardinal Krol\n\n     Rizzo's health","filename":["026-020-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:37:08","tapeEnd":"00:40:48","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Rizzo, Frank L."],"prevCode":"026-019","nextCode":"026-021","tapeTranscriptFile":"026a.mp3,026b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":2237.83,"end":2239.37,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":2239.49,"end":2244.86,"text":"I just wanted to tell you I was glad to hear a cousin."},{"start":2244.92,"end":2248.56,"text":"He went to your Philadelphia television country."},{"start":2248.6,"end":2250.74,"text":"He was back out of the hospital."},{"start":2250.78,"end":2251.46,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":2256.77,"end":2266.35,"text":"I told him I was too, and that we were trying to help, but the main thing was to keep you well."},{"start":2390.3,"end":2393.86,"text":"Well, as a matter of fact, I went up there with no notice to the press or anything."},{"start":2393.9,"end":2395.4,"text":"We could have viewed it, viewed it in my face."},{"start":2395.5,"end":2397.32,"text":"It was a really good time to show a little sympathy."},{"start":2397.34,"end":2397.68,"text":"Yeah, yeah."},{"start":2397.7,"end":2397.86,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":2397.9,"end":2398.12,"text":"Right."},{"start":2398.14,"end":2399.03,"text":"Now he's going from the government."},{"start":2399.05,"end":2401.29,"text":"I had a good talk with Cardinal Kroll, et cetera, when he was down in the U.S."},{"start":2420.16,"end":2421.93,"text":"Well, you just take care of yourself and we're glad to be back in the fire."},{"start":2450.32,"end":2451.34,"text":"We hope to get some more."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":2238,"end":2450,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Richard Nixon contacted Philadelphia Mayor Frank L. Rizzo to inquire about his health following his recent hospital discharge. The two also touched upon political matters, including the President's upcoming trip to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and the presidential campaign of George McGovern. Additionally, they briefly mentioned a prior conversation Nixon had held with John Cardinal Krol.","topics":["Frank L. Rizzo","Health","George McGovern","Wilkes-Barre","John Cardinal Krol","Presidential Politics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:16:44.958Z"},"topicSlugs":["frank-l-rizzo","health","george-mcgovern","wilkes-barre","john-cardinal-krol","presidential-politics"],"audioDurationSec":215,"audioFiles":[{"file":"026-020-splice.mp3","bytes":3432789,"durationSec":215.01,"bitrate":127723,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:14.743Z","originalFilename":["026a.mp3","026b.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["026a.mp3"],"cutStart":2236.5,"cutEnd":2451.5,"adjustedStart":2236.5,"adjustedEnd":2451.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:14.743Z"},"transcriptPrev":{"segments":26,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T08:14:02.132Z"},"findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:39.089Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/026-020-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/026-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/26/conversation-026-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}