{"conversationCode":"018-033","tapeNumber":18,"conversationNumber":33,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-018-033","startDateTime":"1972-01-10T18:42:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-10T19:36:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Jan-1972","startTime":"1:42 PM","endDate":"10-Jan-1972","endTime":"2:36 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:42 pm and 2:36 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-033 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. 18-33\n\nDate: January 10, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:42 pm and 2:36 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 313-5]\n\n     Availability of the Rev. William F. (“Billy”) Graham\n          -President’s location","filename":["018-033.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:07:21","tapeEnd":"01:07:51","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"018-032","nextCode":"018-034","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":3.28,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.32,"end":6.17,"text":"Operator, on that call to Dr. Graham I just placed."},{"start":6.29,"end":7.26,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."},{"start":7.32,"end":8.74,"text":"He's not available now."},{"start":8.96,"end":10.34,"text":"They're saying he checked out."},{"start":10.36,"end":11.59,"text":"I'm double-checking, Mr. President."},{"start":11.61,"end":11.85,"text":"Oh, I see."},{"start":11.87,"end":13.41,"text":"He did call you from there yesterday morning, didn't he?"},{"start":13.43,"end":13.99,"text":"Yeah, that's right."},{"start":14.03,"end":14.84,"text":"I was returning it."},{"start":14.86,"end":16.4,"text":"It may be that he's checked out."},{"start":16.5,"end":19.47,"text":"But I will be out for a while."},{"start":19.65,"end":20.15,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":20.23,"end":22.84,"text":"And if you get him around free, I could take it."},{"start":22.98,"end":25.87,"text":"All right, I'll get the information, Mr. President, and I'll wait until I hear from you."},{"start":26.21,"end":28.42,"text":"Well, you can call me any time from 3 to 5 o'clock."},{"start":28.46,"end":29.1,"text":"From 3 to 5."},{"start":29.2,"end":30.44,"text":"Bye, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a follow-up telephone call to the Reverend Billy Graham, who had reached out to the President the previous day. Upon learning that Graham had checked out of his current location, Nixon provided instructions to the operator regarding his own availability. The President authorized the operator to contact him between 3:00 and 5:00 p.m. to reconnect with Graham once his whereabouts were confirmed.","topics":["Billy Graham","White House operations","Presidential communications","scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:00:08.062Z"},"topicSlugs":["billy-graham","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":30,"audioFiles":[{"file":"018-033.mp3","bytes":731009,"durationSec":30.4,"bitrate":192355,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.937Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/018-033.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-033","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/18/conversation-018-033","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}