{"conversationCode":"032-020","tapeNumber":32,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-032-020","startDateTime":"1972-10-24T17:58:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-24T19:50:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Oct-1972","startTime":"1:58 PM","endDate":"24-Oct-1972","endTime":"3:50 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:58 pm and 3:50 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-020 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. 032-020\n\nDate: October 24, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:58 pm and 3:50 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 373-13]\n\n        Telephone call for Joseph M. Margiotta\n            -Return call","filename":["032-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"032-019","nextCode":"032-021","transcript":[{"start":1.08,"end":4.53,"text":"Mr. President, is it the call from the Italian man up in Long Island?"},{"start":5.66,"end":6.22,"text":"Maragata?"},{"start":6.26,"end":7.38,"text":"Yes, he returned your call, sir."},{"start":7.4,"end":8.57,"text":"Can I get him back to you now?"},{"start":8.59,"end":8.93,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":8.95,"end":9.35,"text":"Fine, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon coordinates with the White House operator to facilitate a return call to Joseph M. Margiotta, a prominent Long Island political figure. The exchange serves as a brief logistical bridge to establish direct contact between the President and Margiotta. No substantive policy matters were addressed during this administrative interaction.","topics":["Joseph M. Margiotta","Telephone logistics","Long Island politics","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:01:53.166Z"},"topicSlugs":["joseph-m-margiotta","telephone-logistics","long-island-politics","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"032-020.mp3","bytes":349204,"durationSec":14.49,"bitrate":192752,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.233Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/032-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/32/conversation-032-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}