{"conversationCode":"388-011","tapeNumber":388,"conversationNumber":11,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-388-011","startDateTime":"1972-11-08T20:11:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-08T20:28:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Nov-1972","startTime":"3:11 PM","endDate":"8-Nov-1972","endTime":"3:28 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 8, 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 3:11 pm and 3:28 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 388-011 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.1","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part I","chronReleaseDate":"11-Jul-2007","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 388-11\n\nDate: November 8, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:11 pm and 3:28 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See conversation No. 33-74]\n\f                                               - 53 -\n\n                           NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY","filename":["388-011.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"388-010","nextCode":"388-012","transcript":[{"start":0.35,"end":5.4,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon interacts with a White House operator in the Executive Office Building to facilitate a telephonic connection. This brief exchange serves as a logistical bridge to reach another party, though the content of the subsequent conversation is not captured in this specific recording. No substantive policy discussions or major presidential decisions occur during this brief administrative interaction.","topics":["White House communications","presidential logistics","telephony","administrative operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:51:22.158Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","presidential-logistics","telephony","administrative-operations"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"388-011.mp3","bytes":136926,"durationSec":5.57,"bitrate":196563,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.438Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:31.624Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/388-011.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/388-011","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/388/conversation-388-011","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}