{"conversationCode":"018-113","tapeNumber":18,"conversationNumber":113,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-018-113","startDateTime":"1972-01-18T15:58:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-18T17:33:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Jan-1972","startTime":"10:58 AM","endDate":"18-Jan-1972","endTime":"12:33 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On January 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:58 am and 12:33 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-113 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. 18-113\n\nDate: January 18, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:58 am and 12:33 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President attempted to make a call, which was not completed.\n[The President can be heard talking to an unknown person]","filename":["018-113.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:56:49","tapeEnd":"04:56:52","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"018-112","nextCode":"019-001","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.58,"text":"Subjects to talk about."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon attempted to initiate an outgoing telephone call from the Oval Office but was unable to complete the connection. During the process, he engaged in a brief, unrecorded interaction with an unidentified staff member or operator regarding his planned agenda. No substantive policy discussions or administrative decisions were documented as the call failed to connect.","topics":["Presidential communications","White House operations","Scheduling","Failed telecommunications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:34:58.159Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-communications","white-house-operations","scheduling","failed-telecommunications"],"audioDurationSec":3,"audioFiles":[{"file":"018-113.mp3","bytes":68962,"durationSec":2.8,"bitrate":197063,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.937Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/018-113.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-113","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/18/conversation-018-113","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}