{"conversationCode":"348-002","tapeNumber":348,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-348-002","startDateTime":"1972-07-19T17:57:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-19T17:57:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Jul-1972","startTime":"1:57 PM","endDate":"19-Jul-1972","endTime":"1:57 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On July 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:57 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 348-002 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 348-2\n\nDate: July 19, 1972\nTime: 1:57 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 27-3]","filename":["348-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"348-001","nextCode":"348-003","transcript":[{"start":0.35,"end":1.27,"text":"if you ask me to hold it."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon communicated briefly with the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. This interaction functioned as a routine administrative request to establish communication with another party. No substantive policy matters or political discussions were addressed during this short exchange.","topics":["White House communications","Administrative operations","Presidential telecommunications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T16:26:20.479Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","administrative-operations","presidential-telecommunications"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"348-002.mp3","bytes":169272,"durationSec":6.99,"bitrate":193822,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.538Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:24.489Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/348-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/348-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/348/conversation-348-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}