{"conversationCode":"334-040","tapeNumber":334,"conversationNumber":40,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-334-040","startDateTime":"1972-05-04T17:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-04T18:51:00.000Z","startDate":"4-May-1972","startTime":"1:52 PM","endDate":"4-May-1972","endTime":"2:51 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 4, 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 1:52 pm and 2:51 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 334-040 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. 334-40\n\nDate: May 4, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:52 pm and 2:51 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 23-151]","filename":["334-040.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:52:25","tapeEnd":"03:52:36","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"334-039","nextCode":"334-041","transcript":[{"start":0.17,"end":1.64,"text":"Direction R, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request a telephone connection. The brief interaction serves primarily as a procedural exchange to facilitate communication with another party. No substantive policy matters or decisions were discussed during this brief request for assistance.","topics":["White House communications","Telephone protocol","Presidential operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T15:44:57.087Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","telephone-protocol","presidential-operations"],"audioDurationSec":3,"audioFiles":[{"file":"334-040.mp3","bytes":135624,"durationSec":3.26,"bitrate":332828,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.908Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/334-040.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/334-040","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/334/conversation-334-040","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}