{"conversationCode":"333-040","tapeNumber":333,"conversationNumber":40,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-333-040","startDateTime":"1972-04-27T00:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-27T00:37:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Apr-1972","startTime":"7:10 PM","endDate":"26-Apr-1972","endTime":"7:37 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 26, 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 7:10 pm and 7:37 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 333-040 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. 333-40\n\nDate: April 26, 1972\n\nTime: Unknown between 7:10 pm and 7:37 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       [See Conversation No 23-91]","filename":["333-040.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:32:08","tapeEnd":"04:33:14","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"333-039","nextCode":"333-041","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":7.19,"text":"I guess, uh, yeah, finding and finding one other reason to call it that."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The brief exchange focused on establishing a connection with a specific individual, though the target of the call remained unidentified in the available transcript. The conversation serves primarily as a procedural interaction to manage the President's telecommunications.","topics":["White House communications","Telecommunications","Presidential operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T15:40:43.136Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","telecommunications","presidential-operations"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"333-040.mp3","bytes":292362,"durationSec":7.18,"bitrate":325592,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.907Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/333-040.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/333-040","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/333/conversation-333-040","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}