{"conversationCode":"018-037","tapeNumber":18,"conversationNumber":37,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-018-037","startDateTime":"1972-01-10T19:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-10T19:54:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Jan-1972","startTime":"2:51 PM","endDate":"10-Jan-1972","endTime":"2:54 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 2:51 pm and 2:54 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-037 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. 18-37\n\nDate: January 10, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:51 pm and 2:54 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 313-11]\n\n     Request for a call to Vice President Spiro T. Agnew","filename":["018-037.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:17:25","tapeEnd":"01:17:31","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"018-036","nextCode":"018-038","transcript":[{"start":2,"end":2.62,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":2.63,"end":3.53,"text":"The Vice President, please."},{"start":3.94,"end":4.12,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone request to the White House operator to be connected with Vice President Spiro T. Agnew. The interaction serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate direct communication between the two leaders. No substantive policy matters or decisions were discussed during this short exchange.","topics":["Spiro T. Agnew","Presidential communications","White House operations","Executive branch logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:00:30.913Z"},"topicSlugs":["spiro-t-agnew","presidential-communications","white-house-operations","executive-branch-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"018-037.mp3","bytes":145448,"durationSec":6,"bitrate":193914,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.937Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/018-037.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-037","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/18/conversation-018-037","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}