{"conversationCode":"373-002","tapeNumber":373,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-373-002","startDateTime":"1972-10-24T17:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-24T17:34:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Oct-1972","startTime":"1:34 PM","endDate":"24-Oct-1972","endTime":"1:34 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:34 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 373-002 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. 373-2\n\nDate: October 24, 1972\nTime: 1:34 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 32-16]","filename":["373-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"373-001","nextCode":"373-003","transcript":[{"start":0.18,"end":7.55,"text":"I'd like to talk to Joe Margiata."},{"start":7.58,"end":10.23,"text":"He is the county general of Nassau County, or Mr. Chapin's office, whatever his name is."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a call to Joe Margiotta, the Republican leader of Nassau County. The purpose of the request was to facilitate communication with Margiotta or Dwight Chapin’s office regarding political matters. No further discussion or substantive policy decisions occurred during this brief administrative request.","topics":["Joe Margiotta","Dwight Chapin","Nassau County","Republican Party","Political communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:20:37.378Z"},"topicSlugs":["joe-margiotta","dwight-chapin","nassau-county","republican-party","political-communication"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"373-002.mp3","bytes":391208,"durationSec":16.24,"bitrate":192713,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.875Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/373-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/373-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/373/conversation-373-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}