{"conversationCode":"001-018","tapeNumber":1,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-001-018","startDateTime":"1971-04-08T03:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-08T03:20:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Apr-1971","startTime":"10:16 PM","endDate":"7-Apr-1971","endTime":"10:20 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:16 pm and 10:20 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 001-018 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 1-18\n\nDate: April 7, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:16 pm and 10:20 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["001-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:51:02","tapeEnd":"00:51:07","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"001-017","nextCode":"001-019","transcript":[{"start":0.37,"end":1.58,"text":"Mr. Holloman, please."},{"start":1.81,"end":2.23,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief telephone request through the White House operator to be connected with H. R. Haldeman. This exchange served as a logistical bridge to facilitate direct communication with his Chief of Staff. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief connection attempt.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","White House operations","Presidential communication","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T20:41:52.290Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":3,"audioFiles":[{"file":"001-018.mp3","bytes":67081,"durationSec":2.72,"bitrate":197162,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.569Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/001-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/001-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/1/conversation-001-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}