{"conversationCode":"318-030","tapeNumber":318,"conversationNumber":30,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-318-030","startDateTime":"1972-02-02T20:06:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-02T20:17:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Feb-1972","startTime":"3:06 PM","endDate":"2-Feb-1972","endTime":"3:17 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 3:06 pm and 3:17 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 318-030 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. 318-30\n\nDate: February 2, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:06 pm and 3:17 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 20-31]","filename":["318-030.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:43:39","tapeEnd":"02:43:58","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"318-029","nextCode":"318-031","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.65,"text":"Mr. Ehrlich said he can't save it."},{"start":2.67,"end":3.66,"text":"I wonder if he was getting on the phone with him."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to discuss an unidentified individual's inability to resolve a specific issue, reportedly citing John Ehrlichman's assessment that the matter could not be saved. The brief exchange reflects Nixon's attempt to facilitate communication or address a pending problem regarding this individual. No definitive action was taken beyond the President inquiring about the status of a potential phone connection.","topics":["John Ehrlichman","White House communications","administrative operations","personnel management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:48:42.661Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-ehrlichman","white-house-communications","administrative-operations","personnel-management"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"318-030.mp3","bytes":238044,"durationSec":5.82,"bitrate":327116,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.568Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/318-030.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/318-030","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/318/conversation-318-030","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}