{"conversationCode":"036-119","tapeNumber":36,"conversationNumber":119,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-036-119","startDateTime":"1973-01-30T18:23:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-30T23:50:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Jan-1973","startTime":"1:23 PM","endDate":"30-Jan-1973","endTime":"6:50 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 30, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:23 pm and 6:50 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-119 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. 36-119\n\nDate: January 30, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:23 pm and 6:50 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 406-25]\n\n       Request for a telephone call to Patrick J. Buchanan","filename":["036-119.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"036-118","nextCode":"036-120","transcript":[{"start":5.53,"end":6.9,"text":"Buchanan, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his special assistant, Patrick J. Buchanan. The brief exchange served as a procedural request to initiate communication with a key staff member. No further policy discussion or substantive deliberation occurred during this specific interaction.","topics":["Patrick J. Buchanan","White House operations","Presidential communications","administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:06:19.873Z"},"topicSlugs":["patrick-j-buchanan","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"036-119.mp3","bytes":353858,"durationSec":14.61,"bitrate":193717,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.788Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/036-119.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-119","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/36/conversation-036-119","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}