{"conversationCode":"018-092","tapeNumber":18,"conversationNumber":92,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-018-092","startDateTime":"1972-01-17T20:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-17T20:16:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Jan-1972","startTime":"3:10 PM","endDate":"17-Jan-1972","endTime":"3:16 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:10 pm and 3:16 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-092 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. 18-92\n\nDate: January 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:10 pm and 3:16 pm\n\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 315-7]\n\n     Request for a call to William L. Safire","filename":["018-092.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:28:27","tapeEnd":"04:28:35","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"018-091","nextCode":"018-093","transcript":[{"start":1.4,"end":4.62,"text":"Mr. Sapphire, please."},{"start":5.05,"end":5.65,"text":"Yes, thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone request for the White House operator to connect him with speechwriter and advisor William L. Safire. The call serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate direct communication between the President and Safire. No further substantive policy matters are addressed in this short exchange.","topics":["William L. Safire","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:05:36.510Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-l-safire","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"018-092.mp3","bytes":193096,"durationSec":7.98,"bitrate":193482,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.937Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/018-092.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-092","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/18/conversation-018-092","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}