{"conversationCode":"018-098","tapeNumber":18,"conversationNumber":98,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-018-098","startDateTime":"1972-01-18T15:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-18T15:14:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Jan-1972","startTime":"10:14 AM","endDate":"18-Jan-1972","endTime":"10:14 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:14 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-098 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. 18-98\n\nDate: January 18, 1972\nTime: 10:14 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 650-5]\n\n     Request for Charles W. Colson’s presence for meeting","filename":["018-098.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:53:37","tapeEnd":"04:53:45","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"018-097","nextCode":"018-099","transcript":[{"start":0.79,"end":4.15,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":4.17,"end":6.05,"text":"Would you ask Mr. Colson to come in, please?"},{"start":6.09,"end":6.85,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to summon Special Counsel Charles W. Colson to the Oval Office for an immediate meeting. This brief administrative exchange served as a directive to facilitate a direct consultation between the President and one of his key political advisors. No further substantive details regarding the agenda for this meeting were captured in the recording.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Presidential scheduling","Administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:33:34.344Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","presidential-scheduling","administration"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"018-098.mp3","bytes":193096,"durationSec":7.98,"bitrate":193482,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.938Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/018-098.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-098","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/18/conversation-018-098","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}