{"conversationCode":"018-055","tapeNumber":18,"conversationNumber":55,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-018-055","startDateTime":"1972-01-10T22:31:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-10T22:35:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Jan-1972","startTime":"5:31 PM","endDate":"10-Jan-1972","endTime":"5:35 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; White House operator;","description":"On January 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:31 pm and 5:35 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-055 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. 18-55\n\nDate: January 10, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 5:31 pm and 5:35 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\n[The President conferred with Alexander M. Haig at an unknown time after 5:31 pm.]\n\n     Wires\n\n     John A. Scali\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 313-30B]\n\n     Request for a call to Scali","filename":["018-055.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:01:15","tapeEnd":"02:01:25","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haig, Alexander M., Jr.","White House operator"],"prevCode":"018-054","nextCode":"018-056","transcript":[{"start":0.44,"end":3.58,"text":"Just to read your wires to me, I better give Scali a call, too."},{"start":4.52,"end":5.51,"text":"Scali?"},{"start":5.55,"end":7.24,"text":"John Scali, please."},{"start":7.26,"end":7.56,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with Alexander Haig to arrange a telephone call with journalist John Scali. The primary purpose of the discussion was to review incoming wires and facilitate direct communication with Scali. Nixon subsequently directed the White House operator to place the call.","topics":["John Scali","Media relations","White House communications","Alexander Haig"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:02:11.875Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-a-scali","media-relations","white-house-communications","alexander-haig"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"018-055.mp3","bytes":222562,"durationSec":9.2,"bitrate":193516,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.937Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/018-055.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-055","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/018/conversation-018-055","catalogNaId":417192203,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417192203","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}