{"conversationCode":"379-018","tapeNumber":379,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-379-018","startDateTime":"1972-11-01T17:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-01T17:25:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Nov-1972","startTime":"12:25 PM","endDate":"1-Nov-1972","endTime":"12:25 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 12:25 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 379-018 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 379-18\n\nDate: November 1, 1972\nTime: 12:25 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 32-120]","filename":["379-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"379-017","nextCode":"379-019","transcript":[{"start":2.27,"end":2.74,"text":"Excuse me."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon spoke with the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. This brief exchange served as a logistical step to initiate an outgoing call to another party. No substantive policy discussions or executive decisions occurred during this connection attempt.","topics":["White House communications","telecommunications","logistics","presidential operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:35:16.106Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","telecommunications","logistics","presidential-operations"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"379-018.mp3","bytes":267923,"durationSec":11.03,"bitrate":194381,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.875Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/379-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/379-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/379/conversation-379-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}