{"conversationCode":"036-050","tapeNumber":36,"conversationNumber":50,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-036-050","startDateTime":"1973-01-22T22:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-22T23:19:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Jan-1973","startTime":"5:55 PM","endDate":"22-Jan-1973","endTime":"6:19 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Tkach, Walter R.; Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On January 22, 1973, Walter R. Tkach and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:55 pm and 6:19 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-050 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. 36-50\n\nDate: January 22, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 5:55 pm and 6:19 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nDr. Walter R. Tkach talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 400-14B]\n\n       Lyndon B. Johnson’s death\n            -Reports\n            -Tkach’s conversation with General Vogel [first name unknown]\n            -Claudia A. (“Lady Bird”) Johnson\n                                             -35-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                      Tape Subject Log\n                                        (rev. Jul-08)","filename":["036-050.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Tkach, Walter R.","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"036-049","nextCode":"036-051","transcript":[{"start":0.39,"end":1.35,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.37,"end":2.11,"text":"Dr. Takash."},{"start":2.13,"end":2.45,"text":"Bob?"},{"start":2.47,"end":3.03,"text":"Yes, Mark."},{"start":3.05,"end":5.11,"text":"I just talked to General Vogel at the hospital."},{"start":5.13,"end":6.21,"text":"Mrs. Johnson's already there."},{"start":7.01,"end":12.56,"text":"And the former President Johnson's in an ambulance between the airport and the hospital."},{"start":13.18,"end":18.05,"text":"He has no communications in the ambulance, so he can't tell me anything about whether he's alive or dead."},{"start":19.13,"end":19.51,"text":"Very good."},{"start":19.53,"end":21.27,"text":"So he's going to call me immediately as soon as he sees me."},{"start":22.23,"end":22.64,"text":"Okay."},{"start":22.7,"end":23.94,"text":"Have you got anything more than that?"},{"start":24.38,"end":25.8,"text":"Mrs. Johnson's at the hospital?"},{"start":25.82,"end":26.24,"text":"Right, sir."},{"start":26.83,"end":28.25,"text":"How'd she get there ahead of him?"},{"start":28.27,"end":28.85,"text":"I don't know."},{"start":28.87,"end":30.2,"text":"She may have been in the area."},{"start":33.12,"end":38.31,"text":"Because he came on fixed wing from Johnson City to the International in an ambulance."},{"start":38.34,"end":39.34,"text":"He's in the ambulance now."},{"start":39.36,"end":39.68,"text":"Right, sir."},{"start":40.3,"end":41.34,"text":"We'll call you as soon as he knows."},{"start":41.36,"end":43.19,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":43.21,"end":43.31,"text":"Okay."},{"start":43.33,"end":43.71,"text":"He's already gone."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Dr. Walter R. Tkach updates H. R. Haldeman on the medical emergency involving former President Lyndon B. Johnson, who is currently being transported by ambulance to a hospital. Tkach reports that Lady Bird Johnson has already arrived at the facility and confirms that he is in direct contact with General Vogel for further status updates. The participants discuss the logistics of the transport while awaiting confirmation of Johnson's condition.","topics":["Lyndon B. Johnson","Health crisis","Lady Bird Johnson","White House communication","Medical logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:59:44.177Z"},"topicSlugs":["lyndon-b-johnson","health-crisis","lady-bird-johnson","white-house-communication","medical-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":51,"audioFiles":[{"file":"036-050.mp3","bytes":1228439,"durationSec":51.05,"bitrate":192495,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.788Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/036-050.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-050","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/36/conversation-036-050","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}