{"conversationCode":"015-032","tapeNumber":15,"conversationNumber":32,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-015-032","startDateTime":"1971-11-18T17:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-18T17:46:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Nov-1971","startTime":"12:46 PM","endDate":"18-Nov-1971","endTime":"12:46 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 12:46 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-032 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. 15-32\n\nDate: November 18, 1971\nTime: 12:46 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 294-14]\n\n     Location of Peter M. Flanigan\n          -Instructions","filename":["015-032.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:36:16","tapeEnd":"00:36:28","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"015-031","nextCode":"015-033","transcript":[{"start":1.2,"end":1.56,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.82,"end":6.03,"text":"Mr. President, Mr. Flanagan is out of his office, and they will track him down and have him call back."},{"start":6.05,"end":7.86,"text":"Why don't you just let it go?"},{"start":7.88,"end":9.26,"text":"I'll call him later this afternoon."},{"start":9.28,"end":9.62,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":9.64,"end":10.13,"text":"There's no hurry."},{"start":10.29,"end":10.79,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":10.83,"end":11.73,"text":"Don't track him down."},{"start":11.95,"end":12.05,"text":"Okay."},{"start":12.07,"end":12.55,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted the White House operator to locate aide Peter M. Flanigan for a scheduled communication. Upon learning that Flanigan was unavailable, the President explicitly rescinded his request to track him down. Nixon decided to delay the call until later in the afternoon, emphasizing that there was no immediate urgency to contact his aide.","topics":["Peter M. Flanigan","White House operations","Scheduling","Communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:13:59.887Z"},"topicSlugs":["peter-m-flanigan","white-house-operations","scheduling","communication"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"015-032.mp3","bytes":305318,"durationSec":12.66,"bitrate":192961,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.618Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/015-032.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-032","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/15/conversation-015-032","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}