{"conversationCode":"660-020","tapeNumber":660,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-660-020","startDateTime":"1972-01-31T15:59:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-31T16:03:00.000Z","startDate":"31-Jan-1972","startTime":"10:59 AM","endDate":"31-Jan-1972","endTime":"11:03 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:59 am and 11:03 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 660-020 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. 660-020\n\nDate: January 31, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:59 am and 11:03 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to Stewart B. McKinney","filename":["660-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:38:31","tapeEnd":"05:40:05","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"660-019","nextCode":"660-021","transcript":[{"start":0.37,"end":4.01,"text":"Congressman McKinney..."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call to Congressman Stewart B. McKinney. The interaction served solely as a logistical request to establish communication with the Connecticut representative. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this brief exchange.","topics":["Stewart B. McKinney","White House operator","logistics","telecommunications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T02:08:45.737Z"},"topicSlugs":["stewart-b-mckinney","white-house-operator","logistics","telecommunications"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"660-020.mp3","bytes":340424,"durationSec":8.37,"bitrate":325335,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.977Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/660-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/660-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/660/conversation-660-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}