{"conversationCode":"042-018","tapeNumber":42,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-042-018","startDateTime":"1971-04-06T16:21:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-06T16:35:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Apr-1971","startTime":"11:21 AM","endDate":"6-Apr-1971","endTime":"11:35 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:21 am and 11:35 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 042-018 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 42-18\n\nDate: April 6, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:21 am and 11:35 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n[See Conversation No. 245-15]\n\n     Call to Stephen B. Bull","filename":["042-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:21:35","tapeEnd":"00:21:44","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"042-017","nextCode":"042-019","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.58,"text":"Mr. Bull, please."},{"start":1.65,"end":3.24,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a direct communication link. The primary purpose of the brief call was to request that the operator connect him with his personal aide, Stephen B. Bull. No further policy or administrative matters were addressed during this transition.","topics":["Stephen B. Bull","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:15:42.164Z"},"topicSlugs":["stephen-b-bull","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"042-018.mp3","bytes":61440,"durationSec":4.69,"bitrate":104701,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/042-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/042-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/042/conversation-042-018","catalogNaId":417187791,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417187791","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}