{"conversationCode":"388-016","tapeNumber":388,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-388-016","startDateTime":"1972-11-08T20:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-08T20:32:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Nov-1972","startTime":"3:30 PM","endDate":"8-Nov-1972","endTime":"3:32 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 3:32 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 388-016 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. 388-16\n\nDate: November 8, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:30 pm and 3:32 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 33-78]","filename":["388-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"388-015","nextCode":"388-017","transcript":[{"start":1.77,"end":2.45,"text":"There you go."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon interacted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This brief exchange served as a logistical step to connect the President to another party. No substantive policy discussions or significant political developments occurred during this brief telephonic transition.","topics":["White House operator","Telecommunications","Presidential logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:51:50.055Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","telecommunications","presidential-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"388-016.mp3","bytes":118745,"durationSec":4.83,"bitrate":196689,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.438Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/388-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/388-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/388/conversation-388-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}