{"conversationCode":"898-018","tapeNumber":898,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-898-018","startDateTime":"1973-04-17T19:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-17T19:30:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Apr-1973","startTime":"2:20 PM","endDate":"17-Apr-1973","endTime":"2:30 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 17, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:20 pm and 2:30 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 898-018 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 898-18\n\nDate: April 17, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 2:20 pm and 2:39 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 38-85]","filename":["898-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"898-017","nextCode":"898-019","transcript":[{"start":0.7,"end":2.35,"text":"Mr. Ervin, Mr. Ervin, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a call to Senator Sam Ervin, the Chairman of the Senate Watergate Committee. The President attempts to contact Ervin directly, likely to discuss the burgeoning Watergate investigation and the political pressure surrounding the administration's involvement. The interaction serves as a brief attempt at communication during a period of escalating confrontation between the White House and the Senate inquiry.","topics":["Sam Ervin","Watergate scandal","Senate Watergate Committee","Presidential communication","Executive-Legislative relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:32:13.596Z"},"topicSlugs":["sam-ervin","watergate-scandal","senate-watergate-committee","presidential-communication","executive-legislative-relations"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"898-018.mp3","bytes":292864,"durationSec":9.01,"bitrate":259938,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.081Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/898-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/898-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/898/conversation-898-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}