{"conversationCode":"371-005","tapeNumber":371,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-371-005","startDateTime":"1972-10-20T13:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-20T13:16:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Oct-1972","startTime":"9:15 AM","endDate":"20-Oct-1972","endTime":"9:16 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:15 am to 9:16 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 371-005 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. 371-5\n\nDate: October 20, 1972\nTime: 9:15 am - 9:16 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 31-150]","filename":["371-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"371-004","nextCode":"371-006","transcript":[{"start":0.25,"end":3.27,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, one-minute administrative interaction with a White House operator to facilitate a connection. No substantive policy matters or political discussions occurred during this exchange. The conversation served strictly as a routine telecommunications coordination.","topics":["White House operator","Telecommunications","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:14:47.884Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","telecommunications","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"371-005.mp3","bytes":208142,"durationSec":8.6,"bitrate":193620,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.875Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/371-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/371-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/371/conversation-371-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}