{"conversationCode":"039-018","tapeNumber":39,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-039-018","startDateTime":"1973-05-25T05:27:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-25T05:39:00.000Z","startDate":"25-May-1973","startTime":"1:27 AM","endDate":"25-May-1973","endTime":"1:39 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Cox, Tricia Nixon;","description":"On May 25, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:27 am and 1:39 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-018 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 39-18\n\nDate: May 25, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:27 am and 1:39 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\nThe President conferred with an unknown person [Tricia Nixon Cox ?].\n\n[Begin conferral]\n\n       Unknown man\n            -Former prisoners of war [POWs] event\n\n[End conferral]\n\n       Request for telephone call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["039-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Cox, Tricia Nixon"],"prevCode":"039-017","nextCode":"039-019","transcript":[{"start":0.62,"end":3.09,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.86,"end":6.45,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a late-night telephone call to coordinate plans regarding an upcoming event honoring former prisoners of war (POWs). He sought assistance from an operator to connect with his daughter, Tricia Nixon Cox, and requested a subsequent call to Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The conversation centered on the logistical arrangements for the POW reception and the management of executive communications.","topics":["POWs","Ronald L. Ziegler","White House communications","Tricia Nixon Cox","event planning"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:44:06.599Z"},"topicSlugs":["pows","ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-communications","tricia-nixon-cox","event-planning"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"039-018.mp3","bytes":393216,"durationSec":12.17,"bitrate":258411,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.070Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/039-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/39/conversation-039-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}