{"conversationCode":"656-022","tapeNumber":656,"conversationNumber":22,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-656-022","startDateTime":"1972-01-26T18:02:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-26T18:58:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Jan-1972","startTime":"1:02 PM","endDate":"26-Jan-1972","endTime":"1:58 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Pitchess, Peter J.;","description":"On January 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Peter J. Pitchess met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:02 pm and 1:58 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 656-022 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 656-22\n\nDate: January 26, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:02 pmand 1:58 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator and requested a call to Peter J. Pitchess.\n\n[See Conversation No. 19-102]","filename":["656-022.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:17:48","tapeEnd":"03:18:24","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Pitchess, Peter J."],"prevCode":"656-021","nextCode":"656-023","transcript":[{"start":0.27,"end":12.63,"text":"Would you try to share pitches in, I'll tell you what, don't do it now because I don't think you'll get any more."},{"start":13.33,"end":14.13,"text":"I'll call you later."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to initiate a telephone call with Los Angeles County Sheriff Peter J. Pitchess. The President ultimately decided to defer the call to a later time, determining that an immediate attempt would not be productive. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief interaction.","topics":["Peter J. Pitchess","White House communications","scheduling","presidential outreach"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T02:00:06.623Z"},"topicSlugs":["peter-j-pitchess","white-house-communications","scheduling","presidential-outreach"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"656-022.mp3","bytes":687330,"durationSec":17.05,"bitrate":322569,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.664Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/656-022.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/656-022","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/656/conversation-656-022","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}