{"conversationCode":"039-020","tapeNumber":39,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-039-020","startDateTime":"1973-05-25T14:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-25T14:24:00.000Z","startDate":"25-May-1973","startTime":"10:10 AM","endDate":"25-May-1973","endTime":"10:24 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 25, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 10:24 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-020 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 39-20\n\nDate: May 25, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 10:10 am and 10:24 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 928-4]\n\n       Request for telephone call to John C. Stennis","filename":["039-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"039-019","nextCode":"039-021","transcript":[{"start":0.32,"end":5.18,"text":"Senator status, please."},{"start":5.21,"end":7.68,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to contact Senator John C. Stennis. The brief exchange serves as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication with the Senator. No further substantive policy matters or decisions are discussed during this specific call.","topics":["John C. Stennis","Communication logistics","Executive-legislative relations","Telephone coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:44:17.760Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-c-stennis","communication-logistics","executive-legislative-relations","telephone-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"039-020.mp3","bytes":403456,"durationSec":12.48,"bitrate":258625,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.070Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/039-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/39/conversation-039-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}