{"conversationCode":"018-018","tapeNumber":18,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-018-018","startDateTime":"1972-01-09T17:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-09T17:55:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Jan-1972","startTime":"12:52 PM","endDate":"9-Jan-1972","endTime":"12:55 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 12:52 pm and 12:55 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-018 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. 18-18\n\nDate: January 9, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:52 pm and 12:55 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 312-5]\n\n     Call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["018-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:37:17","tapeEnd":"00:37:24","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"018-017","nextCode":"018-019","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":3.42,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.48,"end":4.26,"text":"Colson, please."},{"start":4.67,"end":5.97,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call to the White House operator to be connected with Charles W. Colson. The interaction serves exclusively as an administrative request to facilitate a direct line of communication with his special counsel. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occur during this brief exchange.","topics":["White House operator","Charles W. Colson","Telephone protocols","Administrative procedures"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:58:44.934Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","charles-w-colson","telephone-protocols","administrative-procedures"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"018-018.mp3","bytes":164884,"durationSec":6.8,"bitrate":193965,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.937Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/018-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/18/conversation-018-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}