{"conversationCode":"320-020","tapeNumber":320,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-320-020","startDateTime":"1972-02-08T19:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-08T19:54:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Feb-1972","startTime":"2:51 PM","endDate":"8-Feb-1972","endTime":"2:54 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 8, 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 2:51 pm and 2:54 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 320-020 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. 320-20\n\nDate: February 8, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:51 pm and 2:54 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 20-64]","filename":["320-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:43:56","tapeEnd":"00:44:13","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"320-019","nextCode":"320-021","transcript":[{"start":0.23,"end":6.58,"text":"Congressman Earl Ruth of North Carolina."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection. The primary purpose of the brief interaction was to reach Congressman Earl Ruth of North Carolina. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this exchange beyond the successful placement of the call.","topics":["White House operator","Earl Ruth","telecommunications","Congressman"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:53:15.848Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","earl-ruth","telecommunications","congressman"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"320-020.mp3","bytes":476264,"durationSec":11.76,"bitrate":323908,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.568Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/320-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/320-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/320/conversation-320-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}