{"conversationCode":"001-148","tapeNumber":1,"conversationNumber":148,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-001-148","startDateTime":"1971-04-18T18:18:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-18T18:28:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Apr-1971","startTime":"1:18 PM","endDate":"18-Apr-1971","endTime":"1:28 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:18 pm and 1:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 001-148 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. 1-148\n\nDate: April 18, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:18 pm and 1:28 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["001-148.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:48:40","tapeEnd":"04:48:55","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"001-147","nextCode":"001-149","transcript":[{"start":0.1,"end":0.69,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":1.8,"end":2.71,"text":"Dr. Kessinger, please."},{"start":2.75,"end":3.78,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to place a telephone call to National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. This brief interaction serves as a routine administrative request to facilitate direct communication between the President and his advisor. No substantive policy discussions occur, as the call functions solely to connect the two parties.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House operations","Presidential communication","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:06:47.172Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":4,"audioFiles":[{"file":"001-148.mp3","bytes":102817,"durationSec":4.21,"bitrate":195299,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.569Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/001-148.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/001-148","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/1/conversation-001-148","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}