{"conversationCode":"003-018","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-018","startDateTime":"1971-05-12T20:17:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-12T20:17:00.000Z","startDate":"12-May-1971","startTime":"4:17 PM","endDate":"12-May-1971","endTime":"4:17 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:17 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-018 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. 003-018\n\nDate: May 12, 1971\nTime: 4:17 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n     Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson\n          -Location\n          -President's return call","filename":["003-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:23:26","tapeEnd":"00:23:38","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"003-017","nextCode":"003-019","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":4.25,"text":"Mr. President, Senator Jackson is in flight to New York City right now."},{"start":4.27,"end":5.83,"text":"We'll be at the Hilton at 6."},{"start":5.91,"end":7.8,"text":"May I leave word there for him?"},{"start":7.82,"end":8.97,"text":"No, I'll call him tomorrow."},{"start":9.09,"end":9.99,"text":"All right, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a follow-up conversation with Senator Henry 'Scoop' Jackson. After learning that the Senator was in transit to a New York City hotel, the President decided to postpone the contact until the following day. This exchange served as a logistical coordination to arrange a direct communication between the two men.","topics":["Henry M. Jackson","White House communications","scheduling","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:22:16.197Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-m-jackson","white-house-communications","scheduling","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-018.mp3","bytes":143360,"durationSec":11.07,"bitrate":103567,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.570Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:33.592Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}