{"conversationCode":"379-012","tapeNumber":379,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-379-012","startDateTime":"1972-11-01T15:44:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-01T15:44:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Nov-1972","startTime":"10:44 AM","endDate":"1-Nov-1972","endTime":"10:44 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 10:44 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 379-012 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 379-12\n\nDate: November 1, 1972\nTime: 10:44 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 32-112]\n\f                                                -19-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["379-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"379-011","nextCode":"379-013","transcript":[{"start":0.15,"end":4.34,"text":"Hey, draft a proposal for the building, please."},{"start":4.36,"end":4.56,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to draft a proposal regarding a specific building project. This brief interaction served as a directive for administrative support in documenting or formalizing plans for the structure. The conversation concluded immediately after the President issued the request.","topics":["White House administration","building proposal","administrative directives","Presidential instructions"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:34:42.898Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-administration","building-proposal","administrative-directives","presidential-instructions"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"379-012.mp3","bytes":274819,"durationSec":11.32,"bitrate":194218,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.876Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:29.896Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/379-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/379-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/379/conversation-379-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}