{"conversationCode":"312-020","tapeNumber":312,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-312-020","startDateTime":"1972-01-11T17:21:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-11T17:29:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Jan-1972","startTime":"12:21 PM","endDate":"11-Jan-1972","endTime":"12:29 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:21 pm and 12:29 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 312-020 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 312-20\n\nDate: January 11, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:21 pm and 12:29 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 18-63]","filename":["312a.mp3","312b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:41:29","tapeEnd":"01:41:39","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"312-019","nextCode":"312-021","tapeTranscriptFile":"312a.mp3,312b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":6101.75,"end":6101.75,"text":"That's good."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":6101.75,"end":6101.75,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief, routine communication with the White House operator to facilitate a follow-up call. The interaction primarily served to manage telephonic logistics for subsequent executive business. No substantive policy matters or major strategic decisions were discussed during this short exchange.","topics":["White House operations","telecommunications","presidential scheduling","White House staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:34:35.785Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","telecommunications","presidential-scheduling","white-house-staff"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"312a.mp3","bytes":124249096,"durationSec":7330.35,"bitrate":135599,"missing":false},{"file":"312b.mp3","bytes":113090288,"durationSec":7084.94,"bitrate":127696,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.956Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/312a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/312b.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/312-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/312/conversation-312-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}