{"conversationCode":"840-018","tapeNumber":840,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-840-018","startDateTime":"1973-02-03T18:23:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-03T18:32:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Feb-1973","startTime":"1:23 PM","endDate":"3-Feb-1973","endTime":"1:32 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:23 pm and 1:32 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 840-018 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 840-18\n\nDate: February 3, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:23 pm and 1:32 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\f                                             -48-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                           Conversation No. 840-19 (cont’d)\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 43-21]","filename":["840-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"840-017","nextCode":"840-019","transcript":[{"start":3.38,"end":4.94,"text":"Will you call Mrs. Johnson, please?"},{"start":4.96,"end":7.95,"text":"Mrs. Johnson in Texas."},{"start":8.03,"end":8.63,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Mrs. Johnson in Texas. The interaction was strictly administrative, focusing on the logistical coordination of a communication between the President and the former First Lady. No further policy or political discussions were recorded during this brief exchange.","topics":["Lady Bird Johnson","White House communications","Telephone protocol","Presidential correspondence"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:59:32.391Z"},"topicSlugs":["lady-bird-johnson","white-house-communications","telephone-protocol","presidential-correspondence"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"840-018.mp3","bytes":114688,"durationSec":16.56,"bitrate":55404,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:59.848Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:44.720Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/840-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/840-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/840/conversation-840-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}