{"conversationCode":"018-053","tapeNumber":18,"conversationNumber":53,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-018-053","startDateTime":"1972-01-10T22:28:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-10T22:29:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Jan-1972","startTime":"5:28 PM","endDate":"10-Jan-1972","endTime":"5:29 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 5:28 pm and 5:29 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-053 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. 18-53\n\nDate: January 10, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 5:28 pm and 5:29 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 313-29]\n\n     Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["018-053.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:59:05","tapeEnd":"01:59:11","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"018-052","nextCode":"018-054","transcript":[{"start":3.15,"end":6.24,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief interaction served as an administrative request to reach a key member of the White House staff. No further policy or substantive discussion took place during this brief communication.","topics":["White House communications","Ronald L. Ziegler","Presidential scheduling","Administrative request"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:02:00.551Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","ronald-l-ziegler","presidential-scheduling","administrative-request"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"018-053.mp3","bytes":150464,"durationSec":6.2,"bitrate":194131,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.937Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/018-053.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-053","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/18/conversation-018-053","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}