{"conversationCode":"018-094","tapeNumber":18,"conversationNumber":94,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-018-094","startDateTime":"1972-01-17T23:38:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-18T00:37:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Jan-1972","startTime":"6:38 PM","endDate":"17-Jan-1972","endTime":"7:37 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 6:38 pm and 7:37 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-094 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. 18-94\n\nDate: January 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 6:38 pm and 7:37 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["018-094.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:45:49","tapeEnd":"04:45:55","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"018-093","nextCode":"018-095","transcript":[{"start":3.24,"end":4.61,"text":"Parliamentary."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an urgent connection to his Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical step to initiate a high-level briefing or discussion between the President and his key advisor. No substantive policy matters were addressed during this specific request for communication.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","White House operations","Presidential communication","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:05:48.091Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"018-094.mp3","bytes":156106,"durationSec":6.43,"bitrate":194261,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.938Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/018-094.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-094","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/18/conversation-018-094","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}