{"conversationCode":"023-013","tapeNumber":23,"conversationNumber":13,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-023-013","startDateTime":"1972-04-18T14:18:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-18T14:20:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Apr-1972","startTime":"9:18 AM","endDate":"18-Apr-1972","endTime":"9:20 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:18 am and 9:20 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-013 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. 23-13\n\nDate: April 18, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:18 and 9:20 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 711-2]\n\n     Request for a call to William P. Rogers","filename":["023-013.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"023-012","nextCode":"023-014","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":0.74,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":0.76,"end":1.59,"text":"Kay Rogers, please."},{"start":1.63,"end":2.8,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief request for the White House operator to connect him with Secretary of State William P. Rogers. The purpose of the call is to establish a direct line of communication with the Secretary for an unstated objective. The interaction concludes immediately after the operator acknowledges the request to place the call.","topics":["William P. Rogers","Secretary of State","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:32:49.504Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-p-rogers","secretary-of-state","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":3,"audioFiles":[{"file":"023-013.mp3","bytes":74604,"durationSec":3.04,"bitrate":196122,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.522Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/023-013.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-013","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/23/conversation-023-013","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}