{"conversationCode":"015-018","tapeNumber":15,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-015-018","startDateTime":"1971-11-19T01:01:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-19T01:01:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Nov-1971","startTime":"8:01 PM","endDate":"18-Nov-1971","endTime":"8:01 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:01 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-018 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. 15-18\n\nDate: November 18, 1971\nTime: 8:01 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 621-6]\n\n     Henry A. Kissinger's schedule\n          -Location","filename":["015-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:25:25","tapeEnd":"00:25:40","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"015-017","nextCode":"015-019","transcript":[{"start":0.57,"end":1.69,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.92,"end":6.93,"text":"Mr. President, Mr. Dr. Kissinger is en route to Lunkin Airport in Cincinnati."},{"start":6.97,"end":8.49,"text":"Did you want me to try to... Oh, I see."},{"start":8.53,"end":8.89,"text":"That's right."},{"start":8.91,"end":9.78,"text":"He's on it."},{"start":9.98,"end":11.36,"text":"That's right."},{"start":11.42,"end":11.7,"text":"No, no."},{"start":11.74,"end":12.47,"text":"Don't bother him there."},{"start":12.59,"end":13.77,"text":"I'll wait until he gets in."},{"start":13.95,"end":15.05,"text":"All right, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon received a brief status update from the White House operator regarding Henry Kissinger’s travel itinerary. Upon learning that Kissinger was en route to Lunkin Airport in Cincinnati, Nixon decided against attempting to contact him immediately. The President chose to postpone communication until Kissinger reached his destination.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","Travel logistics","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:12:40.749Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","travel-logistics","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"015-018.mp3","bytes":367385,"durationSec":15.23,"bitrate":192960,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.618Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/015-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/15/conversation-015-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}