{"conversationCode":"362-018","tapeNumber":362,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-362-018","startDateTime":"1972-08-14T18:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-14T19:52:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Aug-1972","startTime":"2:50 PM","endDate":"14-Aug-1972","endTime":"3:52 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On August 14, 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 2:50 pm and 3:52 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 362-018 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 362-18\n\nDate: August 14, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:50 pm and 3:52 pm\n\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 29-73]","filename":["362-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"362-017","nextCode":"362-019","transcript":[{"start":0.34,"end":0.71,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing telephone connection. This brief interaction served administrative purposes to establish a line for the President's subsequent communication. No substantive policy discussions or major decisions were recorded during this brief exchange.","topics":["White House operations","Telecommunications","Administrative support","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T16:57:22.678Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","telecommunications","administrative-support","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"362-018.mp3","bytes":192469,"durationSec":7.95,"bitrate":193760,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.539Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:26.903Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/362-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/362-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/362/conversation-362-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}