{"conversationCode":"012-118","tapeNumber":12,"conversationNumber":118,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-012-118","startDateTime":"1971-10-25T19:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-25T19:29:00.000Z","startDate":"25-Oct-1971","startTime":"3:15 PM","endDate":"25-Oct-1971","endTime":"3:29 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 25, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:29 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-118 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. 012-118\n\nDate: October 25, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:15 pm and 3:29 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n[See Conversation No. 304-14]\n\n     Request for call to Patrick J. Buchanan","filename":["012-118.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:09:02","tapeEnd":"05:09:09","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"012-117","nextCode":"012-119","transcript":[{"start":2.92,"end":4,"text":"Buchanan please."},{"start":4.45,"end":5.2,"text":"Thank you"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call through the White House operator to connect with his speechwriter and advisor, Patrick J. Buchanan. The primary purpose of the communication is to facilitate a direct discussion with Buchanan regarding current administrative business. No other substantive policy or political matters are addressed during this short administrative exchange.","topics":["Patrick J. Buchanan","White House communications","Presidential scheduling","Administrative coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:40:52.848Z"},"topicSlugs":["patrick-j-buchanan","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling","administrative-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"012-118.mp3","bytes":163003,"durationSec":6.72,"bitrate":193964,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.041Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:36.058Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/012-118.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-118","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/12/conversation-012-118","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}