{"conversationCode":"018-065","tapeNumber":18,"conversationNumber":65,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-018-065","startDateTime":"1972-01-11T19:39:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-11T20:43:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Jan-1972","startTime":"2:39 PM","endDate":"11-Jan-1972","endTime":"3:43 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:39 pm and 3:43 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-065 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. 18-65\n\nDate: January 11, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:39 pm and 3:43 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 312-25]\n\n     Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["018-065.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:53:04","tapeEnd":"02:53:10","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"018-064","nextCode":"018-066","transcript":[{"start":2.11,"end":3.46,"text":"Dr. Kissinger, please."},{"start":3.48,"end":4.57,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to place a telephone call to National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger. The exchange serves as a brief procedural step to facilitate direct communication between the President and his top foreign policy aide. No further policy discussion occurs during this short logistical interaction.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House operations","Presidential communication","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:03:08.805Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"018-065.mp3","bytes":150464,"durationSec":6.2,"bitrate":194184,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.937Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/018-065.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-065","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/18/conversation-018-065","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}