{"conversationCode":"036-020","tapeNumber":36,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-036-020","startDateTime":"1973-01-20T13:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-20T14:32:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Jan-1973","startTime":"8:35 AM","endDate":"20-Jan-1973","endTime":"9:32 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:35 am and 9:32 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-020 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.3","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part III","chronReleaseDate":"23-Jun-2009","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 36-20\n\nDate: January 20, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:35 am and 9:32 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a telephone call to Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["036-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"036-019","nextCode":"036-021","transcript":[{"start":3.74,"end":5.17,"text":"It is."},{"start":5.19,"end":6.54,"text":"Dr. Ketchinger, please."},{"start":6.56,"end":7.63,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to initiate a telephone call to National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. This brief interaction served solely as a logistical request to establish communication with Kissinger. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this connection attempt.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House operations","Presidential communication","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:56:57.165Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"036-020.mp3","bytes":349467,"durationSec":14.44,"bitrate":193610,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.542Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/036-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/36/conversation-036-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}