{"conversationCode":"018-015","tapeNumber":18,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-018-015","startDateTime":"1972-01-09T04:44:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-09T04:44:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Jan-1972","startTime":"11:44 PM","endDate":"8-Jan-1972","endTime":"11:44 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:44 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-015 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. 18-15\n\nDate: January 8, 1972\nTime: 11:44 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Henry A. Kissinger's location","filename":["018-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:25:16","tapeEnd":"00:25:35","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"018-014","nextCode":"018-016","transcript":[{"start":1.09,"end":2.32,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":2.48,"end":13.81,"text":"Mr. Preston, uh, Dr. Kilpeter had gone, hey, but we are trying to contact him, and I'll call you as soon as I reach him."},{"start":13.83,"end":13.91,"text":"Hmm."},{"start":13.93,"end":14.55,"text":"Well, let's not get in trouble."},{"start":14.57,"end":15.7,"text":"If you can get him in a half hour, you can call me."},{"start":15.71,"end":16.12,"text":"All right, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consults with the White House operator to determine the whereabouts of Henry Kissinger. The President expresses urgency in locating Kissinger, instructing the operator to provide an update within thirty minutes. The brief exchange highlights the administrative logistics involved in tracking key national security advisors during the late evening hours.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House operations","Presidential communication","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:58:28.857Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"018-015.mp3","bytes":457664,"durationSec":19,"bitrate":192684,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.938Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/018-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/18/conversation-018-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}