{"conversationCode":"331-003","tapeNumber":331,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-331-003","startDateTime":"1972-04-17T19:28:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-17T19:36:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Apr-1972","startTime":"2:28 PM","endDate":"17-Apr-1972","endTime":"2:36 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 17, 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 2:28 pm and 2:36 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 331-003 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. 331-3\nDate: April 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:28 pm and 2:36 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 23-5]","filename":["331-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:18:02","tapeEnd":"00:19:56","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"331-002","nextCode":"331-004","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":4.42,"text":"Secretary Rogers, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief call through the White House operator to be connected with Secretary of State William P. Rogers. The purpose of the interaction was to facilitate direct communication with the Secretary for undisclosed official business. No further dialogue was recorded during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["William P. Rogers","White House switchboard","Department of State","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T15:29:25.094Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-p-rogers","white-house-switchboard","department-of-state","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":4,"audioFiles":[{"file":"331-003.mp3","bytes":184738,"durationSec":4.48,"bitrate":329795,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.907Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/331-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/331-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/331/conversation-331-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}