{"conversationCode":"036-015","tapeNumber":36,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-036-015","startDateTime":"1973-01-20T17:21:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-20T17:49:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Jan-1973","startTime":"12:21 PM","endDate":"20-Jan-1973","endTime":"12:49 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:21 pm and 12:49 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-015 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.3","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part III","chronReleaseDate":"23-Jun-2009","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 36-15\n\nDate: January 20, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:21 and 12:49 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a telephone call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["036-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"036-014","nextCode":"036-016","transcript":[{"start":4.59,"end":5.23,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":5.25,"end":6.32,"text":"Mr. Holloman, please."},{"start":6.38,"end":8.99,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to his Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman. This brief administrative interaction served as a formal request to facilitate communication between the President and his top aide. No further policy or strategic matters were discussed during this connection.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:56:27.843Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"036-015.mp3","bytes":333791,"durationSec":13.79,"bitrate":193689,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.542Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/036-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/36/conversation-036-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}