{"conversationCode":"020-018","tapeNumber":20,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-020-018","startDateTime":"1972-02-02T14:13:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-02T14:14:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Feb-1972","startTime":"9:13 AM","endDate":"2-Feb-1972","endTime":"9:14 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:13 am and 9:14 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-018 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. 20-18\n\nDate: February 2, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:13 am and 9:14 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 664-3]\n\n     Request for a call to Thomas N. Downing","filename":["020-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:43:38","tapeEnd":"00:43:48","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"020-017","nextCode":"020-019","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.73,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."},{"start":3.49,"end":6.17,"text":"Congressman Downing of Virginia, please."},{"start":6.21,"end":6.43,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to place a telephone call to Representative Thomas N. Downing of Virginia. This brief administrative interaction serves as a precursor to a direct consultation between the President and the Congressman. The call highlights the President's ongoing communication with members of Congress regarding legislative or political matters.","topics":["Thomas N. Downing","Congressional relations","White House communications","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:53:19.677Z"},"topicSlugs":["thomas-n-downing","congressional-relations","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"020-018.mp3","bytes":207515,"durationSec":8.57,"bitrate":193626,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.938Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/020-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/20/conversation-020-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}