{"conversationCode":"018-105","tapeNumber":18,"conversationNumber":105,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-018-105","startDateTime":"1972-01-18T21:12:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-18T21:12:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Jan-1972","startTime":"4:12 PM","endDate":"18-Jan-1972","endTime":"4:12 PM","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 4:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-105 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. 18-105\n\nDate: January 18, 1972\nTime: 4:12 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 314-12]\n\n     Request for William L. Safire to come to the President's office in the Old Executive Office\n         Building [EOB]","filename":["018-105.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:03:09","tapeEnd":"05:03:18","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"018-104","nextCode":"018-106","transcript":[{"start":0.35,"end":4.67,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":4.75,"end":7.39,"text":"Would you ask Mr. Sapphire to come to the EOB please?"},{"start":7.51,"end":8.44,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to contact William Safire and request his immediate presence at the Executive Office Building. This brief administrative exchange served to coordinate a direct meeting between the President and his speechwriter. No further policy or strategic details were addressed during the call.","topics":["William Safire","White House operations","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:34:15.110Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-safire","white-house-operations","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":40,"audioFiles":[{"file":"018-105.mp3","bytes":954826,"durationSec":39.71,"bitrate":192346,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.938Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/018-105.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-105","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/18/conversation-018-105","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}