{"conversationCode":"318-018","tapeNumber":318,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-318-018","startDateTime":"1972-02-02T19:06:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-02T19:09:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Feb-1972","startTime":"2:06 PM","endDate":"2-Feb-1972","endTime":"2:09 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 2, 1972, 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 2:06 pm and 2:09 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 318-018 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. 318-18\n\nDate: February 2, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:06 pm and 2:09 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 20-26]","filename":["318-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:47:06","tapeEnd":"01:47:37","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"318-017","nextCode":"318-019","transcript":[{"start":0.1,"end":8.19,"text":"You ready, Patricia and Andrew?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to initiate a telephone call. The exchange served as a brief administrative connection process to reach specific individuals, identified as Patricia and Andrew. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief logistical coordination.","topics":["White House communications","administrative logistics","telephone protocols"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:47:36.305Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","administrative-logistics","telephone-protocols"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"318-018.mp3","bytes":336264,"durationSec":8.27,"bitrate":325273,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.568Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/318-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/318-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/318/conversation-318-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}