{"conversationCode":"388-013","tapeNumber":388,"conversationNumber":13,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-388-013","startDateTime":"1972-11-08T20:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-08T20:31:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Nov-1972","startTime":"3:30 PM","endDate":"8-Nov-1972","endTime":"3:31 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 3:30 pm and 3:31 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 388-013 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. 388-13\n\nDate: November 8, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:30 pm and 3:31 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 33-76]","filename":["388-013.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"388-012","nextCode":"388-014","transcript":[{"start":5.6,"end":6.87,"text":"Uh-oh."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon briefly speaks with the White House operator following a minor technical issue or disruption in communication. The interaction concludes quickly after the President identifies the problem, resulting in no substantive policy decisions. This exchange serves as a routine administrative communication regarding the functionality of the presidential phone system.","topics":["White House communications","Telephone operations","Technical malfunction","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:51:33.633Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","telephone-operations","technical-malfunction","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"388-013.mp3","bytes":232848,"durationSec":9.57,"bitrate":194717,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.438Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/388-013.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/388-013","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/388/conversation-388-013","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}