{"conversationCode":"018-001","tapeNumber":18,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-018-001","startDateTime":"1972-01-03T14:19:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-03T14:19:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Jan-1972","startTime":"9:19 AM","endDate":"3-Jan-1972","endTime":"9:19 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:19 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-001 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 18-1\n\nDate: January 3, 1972\nTime: 9:19 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 642-13]\n\n     Request for a call to William P. Rogers","filename":["018-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:11:18","tapeEnd":"00:12:13","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"017-169","nextCode":"018-002","transcript":[{"start":13.92,"end":15.47,"text":"Please."},{"start":15.49,"end":16.18,"text":"Secretary Rogers?"},{"start":16.2,"end":17.53,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to place an urgent call to Secretary of State William P. Rogers. The brief exchange serves as a logistical bridge to connect the President with his cabinet member for high-level government consultation. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this initial contact.","topics":["William P. Rogers","Presidential communication","State Department","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:57:17.111Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-p-rogers","presidential-communication","state-department","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"018-001.mp3","bytes":433840,"durationSec":18,"bitrate":192801,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.937Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/018-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/018/conversation-018-001","catalogNaId":417192099,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417192099","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}