{"conversationCode":"781-018","tapeNumber":781,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-781-018","startDateTime":"1972-09-18T16:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-09-18T16:51:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Sep-1972","startTime":"12:51 PM","endDate":"18-Sep-1972","endTime":"12:51 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On September 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:51 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 781-018 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 781-18\n\nDate: September 18, 1972\nTime: 12:51 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n             Request for a call to the Thai air attache [Capt. Surayute Nivasabute]\n                -[Mrs. Nivasabute]","filename":["781-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"781-017","nextCode":"781-019","transcript":[{"start":0.88,"end":15.49,"text":"I'm going to take a call from the husband of the Thai military attache's wife, who was assaulted on the streets here a couple days ago."},{"start":15.51,"end":16.05,"text":"I think Mr. Holderman."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to connect him with the husband of the Thai military attaché, whose wife had recently been assaulted in Washington, D.C. The President sought to personally reach out regarding the incident, demonstrating concern for the diplomatic implication of the crime. During the request, he also sought to consult with aide H.R. Haldeman regarding the matter.","topics":["Thai military attaché","Diplomatic relations","Assault","White House operations","H.R. Haldeman"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T23:31:36.465Z"},"topicSlugs":["thai-military-attach","diplomatic-relations","assault","white-house-operations","h-r-haldeman"],"audioDurationSec":22,"audioFiles":[{"file":"781-018.mp3","bytes":523492,"durationSec":21.75,"bitrate":192578,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.945Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/781-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/781-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/781/conversation-781-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}