{"conversationCode":"348-005","tapeNumber":348,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-348-005","startDateTime":"1972-07-19T17:57:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-19T18:00:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Jul-1972","startTime":"1:57 PM","endDate":"19-Jul-1972","endTime":"2:00 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 1:57 pm and 2:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 348-005 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. 348-5\n\nDate: July 19, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:57 pm and 2:00 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n          [See Conversation No. 27-5]","filename":["348-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"348-004","nextCode":"348-006","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.28,"text":"Mayor, we're so"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call to an unidentified mayor. This brief interaction served as a logistical bridge to connect the President with local leadership for an undisclosed discussion. The exchange concluded once the operator initiated the connection to the intended party.","topics":["Presidential communications","White House operations","Telephone logistics","Local government"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T16:26:37.331Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-communications","white-house-operations","telephone-logistics","local-government"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"348-005.mp3","bytes":175541,"durationSec":7.24,"bitrate":193967,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.538Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/348-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/348-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/348/conversation-348-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}