{"conversationCode":"018-043","tapeNumber":18,"conversationNumber":43,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-018-043","startDateTime":"1972-01-10T20:42:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-10T20:56:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Jan-1972","startTime":"3:42 PM","endDate":"10-Jan-1972","endTime":"3:56 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 3:42 pm and 3:56 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-043 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. 18-43\n\nDate: January 10, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:42 pm and 3:56 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 313-21D]\n\n     Request for a call to Raymond K. Price, Jr.","filename":["018-043.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:23:53","tapeEnd":"01:24:01","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"018-042","nextCode":"018-044","transcript":[{"start":3.14,"end":4.29,"text":"Price, please."},{"start":4.31,"end":5.79,"text":"Thanks, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacts the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. This brief administrative interaction serves as a bridge to a subsequent conversation with a key member of the White House staff. The exchange functions strictly as a logistical request to initiate official communication.","topics":["Raymond K. Price Jr.","White House communications","administrative logistics","presidential telecommunications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:01:04.427Z"},"topicSlugs":["raymond-k-price-jr","white-house-communications","administrative-logistics","presidential-telecommunications"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"018-043.mp3","bytes":203127,"durationSec":8.4,"bitrate":193438,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.937Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/018-043.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-043","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/18/conversation-018-043","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}