{"conversationCode":"373-018","tapeNumber":373,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-373-018","startDateTime":"1972-10-24T20:02:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-24T20:04:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Oct-1972","startTime":"4:02 PM","endDate":"24-Oct-1972","endTime":"4:04 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 24, 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 4:02 pm and 4:04 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 373-018 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. 373-18\n\nDate: October 24, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 4:02 pm and 4:04 pm\n\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 32-24]","filename":["373-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"373-017","nextCode":"373-019","transcript":[{"start":0.32,"end":3.27,"text":"Mr. Edward Swain."},{"start":3.43,"end":7.27,"text":"That's 516-475-2300."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call to Edward Swain. The brief exchange focused on securing the specific telephone number for Swain. This administrative interaction highlights the routine logistical procedures required for the President to place direct external communications.","topics":["White House communications","Edward Swain","Telephone logs","Administrative operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:22:07.865Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","edward-swain","telephone-logs","administrative-operations"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"373-018.mp3","bytes":317857,"durationSec":13.19,"bitrate":192835,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.875Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:28.841Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/373-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/373-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/373/conversation-373-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}