{"conversationCode":"318-004","tapeNumber":318,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-318-004","startDateTime":"1972-01-26T21:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-26T21:20:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Jan-1972","startTime":"4:20 PM","endDate":"26-Jan-1972","endTime":"4:20 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:20 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 318-004 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 318-4\n\nDate: January 26, 1972\nTime: 4:20 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 19-115]","filename":["318-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:51:06","tapeEnd":"00:51:30","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"318-003","nextCode":"318-005","transcript":[{"start":1.04,"end":16.13,"text":"Secretary Connolly, an operator, be sure if he's in a meeting to take him out, but he also needs to be shown to the line."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to contact Secretary of the Treasury John Connally immediately. He emphasizes that if Connally is occupied in a meeting, he must be interrupted to take the call. This request highlights the urgent priority Nixon placed on communicating with his Treasury Secretary during this period.","topics":["John Connally","White House operations","Presidential communication","Executive urgency"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:46:19.160Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-connally","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","executive-urgency"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"318-004.mp3","bytes":657048,"durationSec":16.28,"bitrate":322954,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.568Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/318-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/318-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/318/conversation-318-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}