{"conversationCode":"015-028","tapeNumber":15,"conversationNumber":28,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-015-028","startDateTime":"1971-11-18T15:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-18T15:55:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Nov-1971","startTime":"10:55 AM","endDate":"18-Nov-1971","endTime":"10:55 AM","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 10:55 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-028 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. 15-28\n\nDate: November 18, 1971\nTime: 10:55 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n[See also Conversation No. 294-10]\n\n     Request for a call to Patrick J. Buchanan","filename":["015-028.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:33:35","tapeEnd":"00:33:43","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"015-027","nextCode":"015-029","transcript":[{"start":4.37,"end":7.36,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an urgent communication with his speechwriter and advisor, Patrick J. Buchanan. The primary purpose of this brief call was to initiate a telephone connection with Buchanan to discuss ongoing administrative or political matters. This exchange served as a routine procedural step to manage the President's internal communications.","topics":["Patrick J. Buchanan","White House operations","Presidential communication","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:13:36.998Z"},"topicSlugs":["patrick-j-buchanan","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"015-028.mp3","bytes":189334,"durationSec":7.82,"bitrate":193582,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.618Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/015-028.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-028","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/15/conversation-015-028","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}