{"conversationCode":"918-027","tapeNumber":918,"conversationNumber":27,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-918-027","startDateTime":"1973-05-15T17:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-15T17:00:00.000Z","startDate":"15-May-1973","startTime":"1:00 PM","endDate":"15-May-1973","endTime":"1:00 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On May 15, 1973, White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at 1:00 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 918-027 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. 918-27\n\nDate: May 15, 1973\nTime: 1:00 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 46-53]","filename":["918-027.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["White House operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"918-026","nextCode":"918-028","transcript":[{"start":8.38,"end":8.98,"text":"Yeah, he can call me."},{"start":9.37,"end":10.93,"text":"It's under the district."},{"start":10.95,"end":13.65,"text":"He was trying to use the train to go to the farm."},{"start":13.67,"end":19.72,"text":"He was trying to use the train to go to the farm."},{"start":19.74,"end":21.42,"text":"I think it would have to be very hard."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consults with the White House operator to facilitate a communication with an unidentified individual attempting to travel by train. The conversation focuses on coordinating logistical arrangements for the caller to reach a farm. No significant policy decisions or administrative developments occur during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["White House logistics","Communication management","Travel coordination","Presidential operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:10:30.386Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-logistics","communication-management","travel-coordination","presidential-operations"],"audioDurationSec":29,"audioFiles":[{"file":"918-027.mp3","bytes":933888,"durationSec":29.05,"bitrate":257151,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.647Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/918-027.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/918-027","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/918/conversation-918-027","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}