{"conversationCode":"018-109","tapeNumber":18,"conversationNumber":109,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-018-109","startDateTime":"1972-01-03T15:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-03T15:11:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Jan-1972","startTime":"10:10 AM","endDate":"3-Jan-1972","endTime":"10:11 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Warren, Gerald L.;","description":"On January 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Gerald L. Warren talked on the telephone from 10:10 am to 10:11 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-109 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. 18-109\n\nDate: January 3, 1972\nTime: 10:10 am – 10:11 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Gerald L. Warren.\n\n[See Conversation No. 642-16N]\n\n     The President’s forthcoming State of the Union message\n          -Announcement\n                -Timing\n          -Date\n          -Announcement\n                -Timing\n                      -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n                      -Congressional relations","filename":["018-109.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:05:28","tapeEnd":"00:06:02","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Warren, Gerald L."],"prevCode":"018-108","nextCode":"018-110","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.74,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.75,"end":2.52,"text":"Mr. Warren, Mr. President."},{"start":2.54,"end":3.38,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":4.14,"end":9.71,"text":"With regard to the announcement of the State of the Union, I was wondering if that had been done or..."},{"start":9.73,"end":12.06,"text":"It had not yet been announced, Mr. President."},{"start":12.08,"end":14.84,"text":"I was holding off... Well, it's going to be the 20th at noon."},{"start":14.86,"end":15.98,"text":"I've definitely decided it."},{"start":16.75,"end":21.41,"text":"Now, I don't know when you can..."},{"start":22.59,"end":25.04,"text":"Bob had told me this morning to hold off."},{"start":25.1,"end":28.61,"text":"I think there's some congressional relations work to be done."},{"start":28.69,"end":29.18,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":29.2,"end":29.78,"text":"All right, fine."},{"start":29.8,"end":32.37,"text":"Well, it can go forward any time that's completed."},{"start":32.55,"end":33.29,"text":"Very good, sir."},{"start":33.33,"end":34.07,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Deputy Press Secretary Gerald L. Warren coordinated the public announcement of the upcoming State of the Union address. Nixon confirmed the date of January 20th at noon but deferred to H.R. Haldeman’s instruction to delay the release while ongoing congressional relations work was finalized. The President authorized Warren to proceed with the announcement once those internal preparations were completed.","topics":["State of the Union","H.R. Haldeman","Congressional relations","White House communications","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:34:37.025Z"},"topicSlugs":["state-of-the-union","h-r-haldeman","congressional-relations","white-house-communications","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":34,"audioFiles":[{"file":"018-109.mp3","bytes":822542,"durationSec":34.2,"bitrate":192391,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.938Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/018-109.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-109","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/18/conversation-018-109","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}