{"conversationCode":"018-039","tapeNumber":18,"conversationNumber":39,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-018-039","startDateTime":"1972-01-10T20:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-10T20:31:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Jan-1972","startTime":"3:25 PM","endDate":"10-Jan-1972","endTime":"3:31 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 3:25 pm and 3:31 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-039 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. 18-39\n\nDate: January 10, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:25 pm and 3:31 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 313-20]\n\n     Request for a call to the Rev. William F. (“Billy”) Graham","filename":["018-039.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:20:21","tapeEnd":"01:20:29","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"018-038","nextCode":"018-040","transcript":[{"start":2.8,"end":4.5,"text":"I'll talk to Dr. Graham."},{"start":4.52,"end":5.57,"text":"Oh, thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a request to speak with Reverend Billy Graham via the White House operator. This brief exchange served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the President and the prominent evangelist. The conversation successfully concluded with the operator confirming the initiation of the call to Dr. Graham.","topics":["Billy Graham","Presidential communication","White House operations","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:00:41.903Z"},"topicSlugs":["billy-graham","presidential-communication","white-house-operations","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"018-039.mp3","bytes":183692,"durationSec":7.6,"bitrate":193343,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.937Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/018-039.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-039","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/18/conversation-018-039","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}