{"conversationCode":"029-018","tapeNumber":29,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-029-018","startDateTime":"1972-08-04T17:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-04T18:23:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Aug-1972","startTime":"1:51 PM","endDate":"4-Aug-1972","endTime":"2:23 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On August 4, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:51 pm and 2:23 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 029-018 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 29-18\n\nDate: August 4, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:51 pm and 2:23 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 362-1]\n\n     Request for a call to Jeb Start Magruder","filename":["029-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"029-017","nextCode":"029-019","transcript":[{"start":0.35,"end":0.74,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection with Jeb Stuart Magruder. The exchange served as a logistical step to initiate a direct conversation between the President and Magruder. No further policy or substantive matters were addressed during this brief administrative interaction.","topics":["Jeb Stuart Magruder","White House operations","Telecommunications","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:36:19.515Z"},"topicSlugs":["jeb-stuart-magruder","white-house-operations","telecommunications","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"029-018.mp3","bytes":332276,"durationSec":13.77,"bitrate":192996,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.084Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:39.631Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/029-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/029-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/29/conversation-029-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}