{"conversationCode":"035-018","tapeNumber":35,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-035-018","startDateTime":"1972-12-28T01:33:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-28T01:39:00.000Z","startDate":"27-Dec-1972","startTime":"8:33 PM","endDate":"27-Dec-1972","endTime":"8:39 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 27, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:33 pm and 8:39 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-018 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 35-18\n\nDate: December 27, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 8:33 pm and 8:39 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger\n            Kissinger’s schedule\n                   -Dinner\n                          -Time difference\n\f                                                -24-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                        (rev. Oct.-07)","filename":["035-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"035-017","nextCode":"035-019","transcript":[{"start":1.09,"end":4.28,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":4.9,"end":6.59,"text":"Operator, I'd like to talk to Dr. Kissinger."},{"start":6.63,"end":8.85,"text":"I don't want to pull him out of a dinner or something."},{"start":8.99,"end":9.93,"text":"All right."},{"start":9.95,"end":13.18,"text":"Of course, we're three hours different, so he's probably before dinner."},{"start":13.8,"end":15.85,"text":"But if you can get him conveniently, I'll talk to him."},{"start":15.87,"end":17.07,"text":"But don't make it urgent, okay?"},{"start":17.45,"end":18.11,"text":"All right, Mr. Branson."},{"start":18.13,"end":19.15,"text":"Thank you, operator."},{"start":19.33,"end":19.47,"text":"Uh-huh."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a call to Henry Kissinger to discuss official matters. He emphasized that the call should not be disruptive, specifically requesting that Kissinger not be interrupted if he was at dinner. Considering the three-hour time difference, Nixon directed the operator to reach out only if the timing was convenient and non-urgent.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House operations","Scheduling","Communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:42:15.632Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-operations","scheduling","communications"],"audioDurationSec":26,"audioFiles":[{"file":"035-018.mp3","bytes":623164,"durationSec":25.81,"bitrate":193129,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/035-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/35/conversation-035-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}