{"conversationCode":"036-112","tapeNumber":36,"conversationNumber":112,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-036-112","startDateTime":"1973-01-25T22:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-25T23:18:00.000Z","startDate":"25-Jan-1973","startTime":"5:34 PM","endDate":"25-Jan-1973","endTime":"6:18 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 25, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:34 pm and 6:18 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-112 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. 36-112\n\nDate: January 25, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 5:34 pm and 6:18 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 842-13A]\n\n       Request for a telephone call to Richard M. Helms\n\f                                              -71-\n\n                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                           Conversation No. 36-113 (cont’d)","filename":["036-112.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"036-111","nextCode":"036-113","transcript":[{"start":2.54,"end":8.96,"text":"Mr. Helms, please."},{"start":9.06,"end":9.34,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":9.44,"end":10.01,"text":"Dr. Helms?"},{"start":10.09,"end":10.61,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":10.73,"end":12.79,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief telephone request through the White House operator to be connected with Richard M. Helms. The primary objective of the call was to facilitate immediate communication between the President and the outgoing Director of Central Intelligence. No further substantive policy matters were recorded during this connection process.","topics":["Richard M. Helms","Central Intelligence Agency","Presidential communication","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:05:42.244Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-m-helms","central-intelligence-agency","presidential-communication","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"036-112.mp3","bytes":425329,"durationSec":17.59,"bitrate":193477,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.788Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:41.780Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/036-112.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-112","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/36/conversation-036-112","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}