{"conversationCode":"355-003","tapeNumber":355,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-355-003","startDateTime":"1972-10-03T16:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-03T16:59:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Oct-1972","startTime":"12:50 PM","endDate":"3-Oct-1972","endTime":"12:59 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 3, 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 12:50 pm and 12:59 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 355-003 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. 355-3\n\nDate: October 3, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:50 pm and 12:59 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 30-44]","filename":["355-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"355-002","nextCode":"355-004","transcript":[{"start":0.12,"end":2.14,"text":"That's the best part."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, informal exchange with a White House operator while located in the Old Executive Office Building. The conversation primarily serves as a fragment of administrative communication, with the President offering a casual remark about an unspecified subject. No policy decisions, political strategy, or significant administrative actions were recorded during this interaction.","topics":["White House administration","White House operators","Executive Office Building","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T16:43:35.907Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-administration","white-house-operators","executive-office-building","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"355-003.mp3","bytes":208142,"durationSec":8.61,"bitrate":193320,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.874Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/355-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/355-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/355/conversation-355-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}