{"conversationCode":"331-023","tapeNumber":331,"conversationNumber":23,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-331-023","startDateTime":"1972-04-19T17:17:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-19T17:57:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Apr-1972","startTime":"12:17 PM","endDate":"19-Apr-1972","endTime":"12:57 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 19, 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 12:17 pm and 12:57 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 331-023 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. 331-23\n\nDate: April 19, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:17 pm and 12:57 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 23-31]","filename":["331-023.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:06:09","tapeEnd":"04:06:26","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"331-022","nextCode":"331-024","transcript":[{"start":1.77,"end":3.53,"text":"Close the place."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to secure his current location by closing the office. This brief directive served to ensure the President's privacy during his work in the Old Executive Office Building. No further substantive matters were recorded during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["White House operations","Presidential privacy","Administrative procedures"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T15:31:23.579Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","presidential-privacy","administrative-procedures"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"331-023.mp3","bytes":236983,"durationSec":5.8,"bitrate":327105,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.907Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/331-023.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/331-023","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/331/conversation-331-023","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}