{"conversationCode":"018-009","tapeNumber":18,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-018-009","startDateTime":"1972-01-03T17:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-03T17:16:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Jan-1972","startTime":"12:16 PM","endDate":"3-Jan-1972","endTime":"12:16 PM","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 12:16 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-009 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. 18-9\n\nDate: January 3, 1972\nTime: 12:16 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 642-32]\n\n     Request for a conference call with George P. Shultz and Caspar W. (“Cap”) Weinberger","filename":["018-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:11:10","tapeEnd":"00:11:18","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"018-008","nextCode":"018-010","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.84,"text":"Yes, sir?"},{"start":1.86,"end":6.42,"text":"Would you set up a conference call, get Schultz and Weinberger on the other lines?"},{"start":6.48,"end":7.2,"text":"Can you do that?"},{"start":7.22,"end":8.07,"text":"Right, surely."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to facilitate a conference call with Office of Management and Budget Director George P. Shultz and Deputy Director Caspar Weinberger. The objective of the call was to coordinate a direct discussion with his two key budget advisors. The operator confirmed the request and immediately initiated the process to connect the participants.","topics":["George P. Shultz","Caspar Weinberger","Budget policy","Office of Management and Budget","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:57:55.900Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-p-shultz","caspar-weinberger","budget-policy","office-of-management-and-budget","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"018-009.mp3","bytes":217546,"durationSec":9,"bitrate":193358,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.936Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/018-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/18/conversation-018-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}