{"conversationCode":"370-016","tapeNumber":370,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-370-016","startDateTime":"1972-10-19T21:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-19T21:10:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Oct-1972","startTime":"5:10 PM","endDate":"19-Oct-1972","endTime":"5:10 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 5:10 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 370-016 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. 370-16\n\nDate: October 19, 1972\nTime: 5:10 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 31-146]","filename":["370-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"370-015","nextCode":"370-017","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.01,"text":"Okay."},{"start":1.94,"end":3.67,"text":"Would you, uh, try to press your phone?"},{"start":3.69,"end":9.27,"text":"I don't know if you can hear me now."},{"start":9.33,"end":9.43,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to troubleshoot technical difficulties with his office telephone system. The conversation served as a brief functional check to ensure the equipment was operational for upcoming communications. No substantive political or policy matters were addressed during this interaction.","topics":["telecommunications","White House operations","technical support","equipment testing"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:13:05.286Z"},"topicSlugs":["telecommunications","white-house-operations","technical-support","equipment-testing"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"370-016.mp3","bytes":293406,"durationSec":12.16,"bitrate":193030,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.875Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:28.293Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/370-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/370-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/370/conversation-370-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}