{"conversationCode":"018-016","tapeNumber":18,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-018-016","startDateTime":"1972-01-09T17:39:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-09T17:41:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Jan-1972","startTime":"12:39 PM","endDate":"9-Jan-1972","endTime":"12:41 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:39 pm and 12:41 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-016 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. 18-16\n\nDate: January 9, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:39 pm and 12:41 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 312-2]\n\n     Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["018-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:25:35","tapeEnd":"00:25:44","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"018-015","nextCode":"018-017","transcript":[{"start":3.2,"end":6,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":6.21,"end":7.62,"text":"Dr. Kissinger, please."},{"start":7.76,"end":8,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone exchange with the White House operator to request a connection to National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger. This interaction serves as an administrative bridge to facilitate direct communication between the President and his advisor regarding ongoing national security matters. The conversation concludes once the operator confirms the request to place the call.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House communications","National security","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:58:33.965Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-communications","national-security","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"018-016.mp3","bytes":231966,"durationSec":9.6,"bitrate":193289,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.937Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/018-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/18/conversation-018-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}