{"conversationCode":"018-106","tapeNumber":18,"conversationNumber":106,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-018-106","startDateTime":"1972-01-10T19:39:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-10T19:44:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Jan-1972","startTime":"2:39 PM","endDate":"10-Jan-1972","endTime":"2:44 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:39 pm and 2:44 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-106 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. 18-106\n\nDate: January 10, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:39 pm and 2:44 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 313-8]\n\n     Request for a call to John B. Connally","filename":["018-106.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:10:43","tapeEnd":"01:10:48","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"018-105","nextCode":"018-107","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":3.9,"text":"Dr. Connolly, please."},{"start":4.02,"end":5.01,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to place a telephone call to Treasury Secretary John B. Connally. This administrative interaction serves as a bridge to a subsequent conversation between the President and his Treasury Secretary. The call is a routine logistical step in the President's daily schedule of high-level communications.","topics":["John B. Connally","White House operations","Presidential communication","Executive scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:34:20.483Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-b-connally","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","executive-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"018-106.mp3","bytes":131029,"durationSec":5.4,"bitrate":194100,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.937Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/018-106.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-106","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/18/conversation-018-106","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}