{"conversationCode":"335-018","tapeNumber":335,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-335-018","startDateTime":"1972-05-03T19:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-03T19:43:00.000Z","startDate":"3-May-1972","startTime":"3:34 PM","endDate":"3-May-1972","endTime":"3:43 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 3, 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 3:34 pm and 3:43 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 335-018 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. 335-18\n\nDate: May 3, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:35 and 3:43 pm.\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 23-139]","filename":["335a.mp3","335b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:38:57","tapeEnd":"01:39:08","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"335-017","nextCode":"335-019","tapeTranscriptFile":"335a.mp3,335b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":5938.16,"end":5938.32,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":5938.38,"end":5941.3,"text":"Well, I just want you to know I got back from Texas."},{"start":5941.32,"end":5941.42,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":5941.44,"end":5942.2,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":5942.24,"end":5943.38,"text":"I've been, I've been, I've been a little, uh, tied up, and I want to have a talk with your friends tomorrow, but I was going to say that, uh, you know, we've, uh, we've got a lot of problems these days, and of course, on top of all that, your Hoover died, so..."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":5937.25,"end":5943.375,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief, informal communication with the White House operator following his recent return from Texas. The discussion touches upon the President's demanding schedule and reflects on the passing of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. Nixon notes the challenging nature of current political affairs and mentions a planned future meeting with the operator's associates.","topics":["J. Edgar Hoover","Presidential schedule","White House operations","Death of public officials"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T15:47:01.514Z"},"topicSlugs":["j-edgar-hoover","presidential-schedule","white-house-operations","death-of-public-officials"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"335a.mp3","bytes":116918127,"durationSec":7325.76,"bitrate":127678,"missing":false},{"file":"335b.mp3","bytes":112121805,"durationSec":7024.3,"bitrate":127695,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.908Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:22.240Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/335a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/335b.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/335-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/335/conversation-335-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}