{"conversationCode":"369-023","tapeNumber":369,"conversationNumber":23,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-369-023","startDateTime":"1972-10-18T23:23:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-18T23:28:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Oct-1972","startTime":"7:23 PM","endDate":"18-Oct-1972","endTime":"7:28 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 18, 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 7:23 pm and 7:28 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 369-023 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. 369-23\n\nDate: October 18, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 7:23 pm and 7:28 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 31-131]","filename":["369-023.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"369-022","nextCode":"369-024","transcript":[{"start":0.25,"end":4.71,"text":"Could we get to Ralph Cagan, Oregon, please?"},{"start":4.84,"end":6.45,"text":"C-A-K-E, Cagan."},{"start":6.47,"end":8.02,"text":"Rosemary Woodpecker, remember?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a long-distance call to an individual named Ralph Cagan in Oregon. He provided specific spelling clarifications to ensure the operator could locate the correct party. The interaction was limited to facilitating this administrative task.","topics":["Phone call","Ralph Cagan","Oregon","White House operations","Administrative communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:10:52.055Z"},"topicSlugs":["phone-call","ralph-cagan","oregon","white-house-operations","administrative-communications"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"369-023.mp3","bytes":262686,"durationSec":10.88,"bitrate":193151,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.875Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/369-023.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/369-023","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/369/conversation-369-023","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}