{"conversationCode":"022-118","tapeNumber":22,"conversationNumber":118,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-022-118","startDateTime":"1972-04-12T20:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-12T20:20:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Apr-1972","startTime":"3:20 PM","endDate":"12-Apr-1972","endTime":"3:20 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:20 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-118 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. 22-118\n\nDate: April 12, 1972\nTime: 3:20 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 330-39]\n\n     Henry A. Kissinger to return the President’s call","filename":["022-118.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:37:09","tapeEnd":"04:37:19","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"022-117","nextCode":"022-119","transcript":[{"start":0.15,"end":8.32,"text":"Would you ask Dr. Kissinger to call me when he gets off the line on the call he's now making?"},{"start":8.36,"end":8.94,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request a return call from National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. The President instructed the operator to have Kissinger call him immediately upon finishing his current telephone conversation. This exchange served as a logistical bridge to facilitate an urgent discussion between the two men.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House communications","National security","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:27:49.081Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-communications","national-security","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"022-118.mp3","bytes":264567,"durationSec":10.97,"bitrate":192938,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.522Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/022-118.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-118","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/22/conversation-022-118","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}