{"conversationCode":"291-018","tapeNumber":291,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-291-018","startDateTime":"1971-10-18T21:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-18T21:32:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Oct-1971","startTime":"5:25 PM","endDate":"18-Oct-1971","endTime":"5:32 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:25 pm and 5:32 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 291-018 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 291-18\n\nDate: October 18, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:25 pm and 5:32 pm\n\fLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 11-118]\n\n     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["291-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:48:09","tapeEnd":"01:48:20","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"291-017","nextCode":"291-019","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":3.75,"text":"Come on, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to initiate an urgent telephone connection. The primary objective of the interaction was to facilitate a direct line of communication with special counsel Charles W. Colson. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House communications","Telephone protocols","Presidential administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:40:06.991Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-communications","telephone-protocols","presidential-administration"],"audioDurationSec":4,"audioFiles":[{"file":"291-018.mp3","bytes":155481,"durationSec":3.74,"bitrate":332368,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.955Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/291-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/291-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/291/conversation-291-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}