{"conversationCode":"027-019","tapeNumber":27,"conversationNumber":19,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-027-019","startDateTime":"1972-07-20T13:56:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-20T14:38:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Jul-1972","startTime":"9:56 AM","endDate":"20-Jul-1972","endTime":"10:38 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On July 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:56 am and 10:38 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 027-019 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 27-19\n\nDate: July 20, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:56 am and 10:38 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 748-3E]\n\n     Request for a call to Jay Lovestone for Charles W. Colson","filename":["027-019.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"027-018","nextCode":"027-020","transcript":[{"start":0.47,"end":8.41,"text":"You get Mr. J. Lovestone of the FLCIO for Mr. Colson."},{"start":8.51,"end":9.86,"text":"Mr. Colson wants to talk to him."},{"start":10.04,"end":13.03,"text":"You can put the call through on this line to Mr. Colson."},{"start":13.04,"end":13.19,"text":"Okay?"},{"start":13.21,"end":13.67,"text":"All right, fine."},{"start":13.73,"end":14.03,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":14.05,"end":14.51,"text":"J. Lovestone."},{"start":14.55,"end":15.17,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call between Charles W. Colson and Jay Lovestone of the AFL-CIO. The President specified that the connection should be routed directly to Colson’s line. This brief interaction served as a logistical coordination for an upcoming administrative communication.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","Jay Lovestone","AFL-CIO","White House operations","Communication logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:21:56.442Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","jay-lovestone","afl-cio","white-house-operations","communication-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"027-019.mp3","bytes":431332,"durationSec":17.91,"bitrate":192702,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.842Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/027-019.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/027-019","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/27/conversation-027-019","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}