{"conversationCode":"036-023","tapeNumber":36,"conversationNumber":23,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-036-023","startDateTime":"1973-01-20T15:01:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-20T15:29:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Jan-1973","startTime":"10:01 AM","endDate":"20-Jan-1973","endTime":"10:29 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 from 10:01 am to 10:29 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-023 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. 36-23\n\nDate: January 20, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 10:01 am and 10:29 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n       Telephone call to Raymond K. Price, Jr.\n            -Cancellation of call","filename":["036-023.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"036-022","nextCode":"036-024","transcript":[{"start":0.34,"end":14.98,"text":"yeah president yeah i haven't been able to locate mr ray price yet well it's all right just let it go he can uh it's a little all right too late now i'll talk to him later today right uh thank you very much you're welcome"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator in an attempt to reach speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. After the operator reported difficulty in locating Price, Nixon decided to cancel the request, deeming it too late to connect. The President opted to defer the communication until later in the day, concluding the brief administrative exchange.","topics":["Raymond K. Price, Jr.","White House operations","Presidential communication","scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:57:13.725Z"},"topicSlugs":["raymond-k-price-jr","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"036-023.mp3","bytes":515593,"durationSec":21.36,"bitrate":193105,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.542Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/036-023.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-023","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/36/conversation-036-023","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}