{"conversationCode":"329-043","tapeNumber":329,"conversationNumber":43,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-329-043","startDateTime":"1972-04-15T19:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-15T19:04:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Apr-1972","startTime":"2:00 PM","endDate":"15-Apr-1972","endTime":"2:04 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:00 pm and 2:04 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 329-043 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 329-43\n\nDate: April 15, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:00 pm and 2:04 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 22-128]","filename":["329-043.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:53:44","tapeEnd":"04:53:59","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"329-042","nextCode":"329-044","transcript":[{"start":0.37,"end":1.18,"text":"It's not worth it."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, informal communication with the White House operator to discuss an unspecified matter. During the exchange, the President expressed frustration regarding the value or necessity of the task at hand, ultimately determining that the effort was not worthwhile. No further administrative actions or policy decisions were recorded during this brief interaction.","topics":["White House operations","Presidential communication","administrative tasks"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T15:22:26.597Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","presidential-communication","administrative-tasks"],"audioDurationSec":3,"audioFiles":[{"file":"329-043.mp3","bytes":140852,"durationSec":3.38,"bitrate":333760,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.907Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/329-043.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/329-043","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/329/conversation-329-043","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}