{"conversationCode":"354-019","tapeNumber":354,"conversationNumber":19,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-354-019","startDateTime":"1972-10-06T18:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-06T18:05:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Oct-1972","startTime":"2:05 PM","endDate":"6-Oct-1972","endTime":"2:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:05 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 354-019 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 354-19\n\nDate: October 6, 1972\nTime: 2:05 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 31-13]","filename":["354-019.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"354-018","nextCode":"354-020","transcript":[{"start":1.03,"end":11.33,"text":"Secretary Rogers, please."},{"start":11.35,"end":11.71,"text":"Is he in New York?"},{"start":11.73,"end":12.36,"text":"Well, if it's convenient, yeah."},{"start":12.38,"end":14.36,"text":"I'll tell him to take him out of the dinner and just tell him to call me at the end of the break."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an urgent call to Secretary of State William P. Rogers. He requested that Rogers be interrupted during a dinner in New York to facilitate a conversation as soon as he could step away. The primary purpose of this interaction was to establish a direct, timely line of communication with the Secretary.","topics":["William P. Rogers","Communication","Diplomacy","Logistics","Secretary of State"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T16:41:53.310Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-p-rogers","communication","diplomacy","logistics","secretary-of-state"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"354-019.mp3","bytes":411897,"durationSec":17.09,"bitrate":192775,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.539Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:25.527Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/354-019.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/354-019","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/354/conversation-354-019","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}