{"conversationCode":"018-103","tapeNumber":18,"conversationNumber":103,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-018-103","startDateTime":"1972-01-18T19:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-18T20:28:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Jan-1972","startTime":"2:40 PM","endDate":"18-Jan-1972","endTime":"3:28 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 2:40 pm and 3:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-103 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. 18-103\n\nDate: January 18, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:40 pm and 3:28 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 650-13A]\n\n     Request for a call to John B. Connally","filename":["018-103.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:01:30","tapeEnd":"05:01:36","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"018-102","nextCode":"018-104","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":4.12,"text":"Secretary Connolly, please."},{"start":4.2,"end":6.51,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a call to Secretary of the Treasury John B. Connally through the White House operator. This brief administrative interaction serves as the bridge to facilitate a direct policy discussion between the President and the Secretary. No further deliberation occurs during this connection phase.","topics":["John B. Connally","White House operations","Presidential communication","Executive branch","Administrative coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:34:03.740Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-b-connally","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","executive-branch","administrative-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"018-103.mp3","bytes":459545,"durationSec":19.08,"bitrate":192694,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.937Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/018-103.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-103","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/18/conversation-018-103","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}