{"conversationCode":"369-020","tapeNumber":369,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-369-020","startDateTime":"1972-10-18T23:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-18T23:16:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Oct-1972","startTime":"7:15 PM","endDate":"18-Oct-1972","endTime":"7:16 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Dorr, Goldthwaite H.;","description":"On October 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Goldthwaite H. Dorr met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:15 pm to 7:16 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 369-020 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. 369-20\n\nDate: October 18, 1972\nTime: 7:15 pm - 7:16 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Goldthwaite H. Dorr.\n\n[See Conversation No. 31-129]","filename":["369-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Dorr, Goldthwaite H."],"prevCode":"369-019","nextCode":"369-021","transcript":[{"start":0.2,"end":5.29,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":5.31,"end":5.41,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":5.43,"end":7.65,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":7.75,"end":11.37,"text":"I understand you're in the hospital for an operation."},{"start":11.39,"end":15.72,"text":"And I also understand you're going to celebrate your birthday on Saturday."},{"start":15.74,"end":22.55,"text":"And I just want to tell you that I hope on your next birthday you can celebrate with my wife."},{"start":22.57,"end":27.79,"text":"Because... And how do you feel?"},{"start":27.81,"end":28.01,"text":"Well, I..."},{"start":28.85,"end":34.34,"text":"Well, that's what really matters more, not a thing."},{"start":34.52,"end":35.54,"text":"Tell me, how are you feeling?"},{"start":35.56,"end":44.43,"text":"You, you, you, this or that?"},{"start":44.45,"end":57.75,"text":"Well, well, I understood you were at the dinner the other night, and let me say that, uh, Jase, the next time, you know, when you're 97, and, uh, I want you down here, and we're going to..."},{"start":58.22,"end":61.36,"text":"We'll come down and have a little party, okay?"},{"start":61.38,"end":64.48,"text":"But in the meantime, you take care and keep well."},{"start":64.91,"end":72.58,"text":"But the main thing is, the main reason I want you to vote, November 7th, you know."},{"start":72.6,"end":73.92,"text":"That's the stuff."},{"start":73.94,"end":78.41,"text":"You tell those doctors and nurses that they don't treat you right, I'll fire them all."},{"start":78.42,"end":81.81,"text":"Okay?"},{"start":81.83,"end":85.31,"text":"I know they all love you, believe me."},{"start":85.34,"end":86.72,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":86.98,"end":87.06,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated this brief, informal call to Goldthwaite H. Dorr to offer personal well-wishes following Dorr's recent hospitalization. During the exchange, Nixon expressed his hope for Dorr’s continued health and shared a lighthearted invitation for a future birthday celebration at the White House. The President concluded the conversation by emphasizing the importance of Dorr voting in the upcoming November 7th election.","topics":["Personal health","Elections","White House social relations","Well-wishes"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:10:35.242Z"},"topicSlugs":["personal-health","elections","white-house-social-relations","well-wishes"],"audioDurationSec":90,"audioFiles":[{"file":"369-020.mp3","bytes":2157295,"durationSec":89.83,"bitrate":192129,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.875Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/369-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/369-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/369/conversation-369-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}