{"conversationCode":"018-079","tapeNumber":18,"conversationNumber":79,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-018-079","startDateTime":"1972-01-13T19:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-13T19:45:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Jan-1972","startTime":"2:45 PM","endDate":"13-Jan-1972","endTime":"2:45 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:45 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-079 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. 18-79\n\nDate: January 13, 1972\nTime: 2:45 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 314-1C]\n\n     Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["018-079.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:48:09","tapeEnd":"03:48:15","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"018-078","nextCode":"018-080","transcript":[{"start":0.4,"end":3.35,"text":"No damn mood to talk to him."},{"start":3.37,"end":3.8,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.86,"end":4.49,"text":"Ziegler, please."},{"start":4.95,"end":5.64,"text":"Back in a second."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to connect him with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. Expressing clear frustration, the President remarked that he was in no mood to speak with his press aide. The brief exchange served solely as a logistical directive to initiate this internal communication.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Presidential communications","Press relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:04:24.933Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","press-relations"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"018-079.mp3","bytes":136044,"durationSec":5.6,"bitrate":194385,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.938Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/018-079.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-079","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/18/conversation-018-079","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}