{"conversationCode":"345-008","tapeNumber":345,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-345-008","startDateTime":"1972-06-29T18:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-06-29T18:40:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Jun-1972","startTime":"2:35 PM","endDate":"29-Jun-1972","endTime":"2:40 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 29, 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 2:35 pm and 2:40 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 345-008 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. 345-8\n\nDate: June 29, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:35 and 2:40 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Unknown person\n         -Location\n         -Return call","filename":["345a.mp3","345b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:14:30","tapeEnd":"00:14:48","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"345-007","nextCode":"345-009","tapeTranscriptFile":"345a.mp3,345b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":879.27,"end":887.5,"text":"ie ie uh do not reach him at lunch when he gets back you can call me"}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":870,"end":888,"startMethod":"tape_time","endMethod":"tape_time"},"transcriptConfidence":"low","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to manage communication with an unidentified individual. He directed the operator to avoid reaching the person during their lunch hour and to facilitate a return call once they were available. This interaction highlights the administrative oversight the President maintained over his personal and professional scheduling.","topics":["White House operations","Scheduling","Communication management","Presidential logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T16:21:20.688Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","scheduling","communication-management","presidential-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"345a.mp3","bytes":117532701,"durationSec":7345.79,"bitrate":127999,"missing":false},{"file":"345b.mp3","bytes":30584448,"durationSec":1911.53,"bitrate":128000,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.538Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:24.012Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/345a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/345b.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/345-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/345/conversation-345-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}