{"conversationCode":"783-020","tapeNumber":783,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-783-020","startDateTime":"1972-09-19T16:47:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-09-19T17:53:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Sep-1972","startTime":"12:47 PM","endDate":"19-Sep-1972","endTime":"1:53 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On September 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:47 pm and 1:53 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 783-020 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 783-20\n\nDate: September 19, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:47 pm and 1:53 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 30-4]","filename":["783-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"783-019","nextCode":"783-021","transcript":[{"start":5.44,"end":5.85,"text":"Oh, fine."},{"start":6.05,"end":6.51,"text":"I'll call him back."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The brief exchange focused on establishing a connection with an unnamed individual, resulting in the President’s instruction for the operator to return the call later. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this administrative interaction.","topics":["Telecommunications","White House Operations","Administrative communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T23:34:56.587Z"},"topicSlugs":["telecommunications","white-house-operations","administrative-communication"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"783-020.mp3","bytes":241997,"durationSec":10.01,"bitrate":193339,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.287Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:32.619Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/783-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/783-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/783/conversation-783-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}