{"conversationCode":"019-018","tapeNumber":19,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-019-018","startDateTime":"1972-01-19T22:06:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-19T22:17:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Jan-1972","startTime":"5:06 PM","endDate":"19-Jan-1972","endTime":"5:17 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:06 pm and 5:17 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-018 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. 19-18\n\nDate: January 19, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 5:06 pm and 5:17 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 315-24I]\n\n     Request for a call to Gen. Walter R. Tkach","filename":["019-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"019-017","nextCode":"019-019","transcript":[{"start":0.69,"end":5.33,"text":"Yeah, would you get me, uh, Dr. Dacosh, please?"},{"start":5.51,"end":6.28,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to place a telephone call to General Walter R. Tkach. The brief exchange serves as a procedural step to connect the President with his personal physician. No further policy or substantive matters are addressed during this brief communication.","topics":["General Walter R. Tkach","White House operator","Presidential communication","Medical staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:36:38.778Z"},"topicSlugs":["general-walter-r-tkach","white-house-operator","presidential-communication","medical-staff"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"019-018.mp3","bytes":199365,"durationSec":8.23,"bitrate":193710,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.938Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/019-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/19/conversation-019-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}