{"conversationCode":"012-018","tapeNumber":12,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-012-018","startDateTime":"1971-10-20T21:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-20T22:05:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Oct-1971","startTime":"5:50 PM","endDate":"20-Oct-1971","endTime":"6:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:50 pm and 6:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-018 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 012-018\n\nDate: October 20, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:50 pm and 6:05 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 282-33]\n\n     Request for call to Richard A. Moore","filename":["012-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:36:28","tapeEnd":"00:36:36","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"012-017","nextCode":"012-019","transcript":[{"start":2.33,"end":3.46,"text":"Mr. Moore, please."},{"start":4.93,"end":5.35,"text":"Dick Moore."},{"start":5.37,"end":6.8,"text":"Richard Moore, right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a call to his aide, Richard A. Moore, through the White House operator. The primary purpose of this brief communication is to facilitate a direct line of contact with Moore. No further policy or strategic discussion occurs during this short exchange.","topics":["Richard A. Moore","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:31:57.024Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-a-moore","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"012-018.mp3","bytes":179930,"durationSec":7.44,"bitrate":193594,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.040Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/012-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/12/conversation-012-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}