{"conversationCode":"023-027","tapeNumber":23,"conversationNumber":27,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-023-027","startDateTime":"1972-04-19T01:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-19T01:18:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Apr-1972","startTime":"8:05 PM","endDate":"18-Apr-1972","endTime":"8:18 PM","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 8:05 pm and 8:18 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-027 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. 23-27\n\nDate: April 18, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 8:05 and 8:18 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\fThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 332-4]\n\n     Henry A. Kissinger\n          -Location\n          -Return call","filename":["023-027.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"023-026","nextCode":"023-028","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.74,"text":"Hello."},{"start":3,"end":11.64,"text":"Mr. President, Dr. Kissinger's in New York, and he's at the Lafayette restaurant now, but his agent says he can have him come over to the telephone."},{"start":11.66,"end":12.95,"text":"Is that satisfactory with you?"},{"start":13.11,"end":13.27,"text":"Fine."},{"start":13.65,"end":14.29,"text":"All right, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"The President requested to speak with National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger, who was dining in New York at the time. The White House operator facilitated the contact by coordinating with Kissinger’s agent to arrange for him to be called at the restaurant. Nixon confirmed this arrangement, moving forward with the plan to establish immediate communication with his advisor.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","Communication logistics","National security","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:34:06.435Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","communication-logistics","national-security","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"023-027.mp3","bytes":408136,"durationSec":16.93,"bitrate":192863,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.522Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/023-027.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-027","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/23/conversation-023-027","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}