{"conversationCode":"332-018","tapeNumber":332,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-332-018","startDateTime":"1972-04-20T19:48:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-20T20:08:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Apr-1972","startTime":"2:48 PM","endDate":"20-Apr-1972","endTime":"3:08 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 20, 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 2:48 pm and 3:08 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 332-018 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. 332-18\n\nDate: April 20, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:48 pm and 3:08 pm\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     [See Conversation No. 23-53]","filename":["332a.mp3","332b.mp3","332c.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:31:36","tapeEnd":"00:31:58","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"332-017","nextCode":"332-019","tapeTranscriptFile":"332a.mp3,332b.mp3,332c.mp3","transcript":[{"start":1913.62,"end":1913.62,"text":"Are you in your office?"}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":1913.625,"end":1913.625,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief inquiry with the White House operator to determine his current location. The interaction serves as a routine administrative check, confirming the President’s presence within the Old Executive Office Building. No further policy matters or significant executive actions were discussed during this brief exchange.","topics":["White House operations","Presidential communications","Logistics","Administrative inquiry"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T15:34:01.407Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","presidential-communications","logistics","administrative-inquiry"],"audioDurationSec":22,"audioFiles":[{"file":"332a.mp3","bytes":117334209,"durationSec":7333.39,"bitrate":127999,"missing":false},{"file":"332b.mp3","bytes":117128211,"durationSec":7320.51,"bitrate":127999,"missing":false},{"file":"332c.mp3","bytes":117219951,"durationSec":7326.25,"bitrate":127999,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.907Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/332a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/332b.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/332c.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/332-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/332/conversation-332-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}