{"conversationCode":"267-018","tapeNumber":267,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-267-018","startDateTime":"1971-07-30T20:37:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-07-30T20:37:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Jul-1971","startTime":"4:37 PM","endDate":"30-Jul-1971","endTime":"4:37 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On July 30, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:37 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 267-018 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 267-018\nPage | 14\nWhite House Tapes of the Nixon Administration, 1971-1973\nRichard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\nDate: July 30, 1971\nTime: 4:37 pm\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\nCall to James D. Hodgson","filename":["267-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:06:06","tapeEnd":"05:06:37","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"267-017","nextCode":"267-019","transcript":[{"start":2.26,"end":6.6,"text":"Secretary Hodge, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a phone call to connect with Secretary of Labor James D. Hodgson. After requesting the operator place the call, the President waited briefly for the connection to be established. No further substantive discussion occurred during this brief administrative interaction.","topics":["James D. Hodgson","Labor Department","Telephone protocol","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:29:03.125Z"},"topicSlugs":["james-d-hodgson","labor-department","telephone-protocol","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"267-018.mp3","bytes":268330,"durationSec":6.56,"bitrate":327141,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.007Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/267-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/267-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/267/conversation-267-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}