{"conversationCode":"018-038","tapeNumber":18,"conversationNumber":38,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-018-038","startDateTime":"1972-01-10T19:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-10T19:54:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Jan-1972","startTime":"2:54 PM","endDate":"10-Jan-1972","endTime":"2:54 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 2:54 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-038 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. 18-38\n\nDate: January 10, 1972\nTime: 2:54 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 313-12]\n\n     Location of Vice President Spiro T. Agnew\n          -Return call","filename":["018-038.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:17:31","tapeEnd":"01:17:43","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"018-037","nextCode":"018-039","transcript":[{"start":1.43,"end":1.83,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":2.27,"end":4.42,"text":"Mr. President, the Vice President's on route to New York."},{"start":4.68,"end":5.95,"text":"Could I have him call you when he arrives?"},{"start":5.99,"end":6.45,"text":"Sure."},{"start":6.89,"end":7.01,"text":"Sure."},{"start":7.09,"end":7.67,"text":"No hurry."},{"start":7.69,"end":7.95,"text":"All right."},{"start":7.97,"end":8.9,"text":"Just when it's convenient."},{"start":8.96,"end":9.18,"text":"Yes."},{"start":9.24,"end":9.72,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate communication with Vice President Spiro T. Agnew while he was in transit. The President requested that Agnew return his call upon arrival in New York, explicitly noting that there was no urgency regarding the timing of the outreach. This brief administrative exchange served solely to establish a point of contact for the Vice President.","topics":["Spiro T. Agnew","White House communications","scheduling","presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:00:36.643Z"},"topicSlugs":["spiro-t-agnew","white-house-communications","scheduling","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"018-038.mp3","bytes":299048,"durationSec":12.4,"bitrate":192918,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.937Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/018-038.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-038","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/18/conversation-018-038","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}