{"conversationCode":"476-018","tapeNumber":476,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-476-018","startDateTime":"1971-04-09T18:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-09T18:47:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Apr-1971","startTime":"1:35 PM","endDate":"9-Apr-1971","endTime":"1:47 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 1:47 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 476-018 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 476-18\n\nDate: April 9, 1971\n\nTime: Unknown between 1:35 pm and 1:47 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n[See Conversation No. 1-60]","filename":["476-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:47:25","tapeEnd":"04:48:48","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"476-017","nextCode":"476-019","transcript":[{"start":3.12,"end":6.73,"text":"And then Dr. Arthur Burns, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to place a telephone call to Dr. Arthur Burns. This brief exchange serves strictly as a procedural instruction to facilitate communication between the President and the Chairman of the Federal Reserve. No substantive policy discussions or further actions occurred during this brief interaction.","topics":["Arthur Burns","Federal Reserve","White House communications","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:38:37.899Z"},"topicSlugs":["arthur-burns","federal-reserve","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"476-018.mp3","bytes":173034,"durationSec":7.13,"bitrate":194101,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.988Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/476-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/476-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/476/conversation-476-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}