{"conversationCode":"389-004","tapeNumber":389,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-389-004","startDateTime":"1972-11-04T13:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-04T13:52:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Nov-1972","startTime":"8:45 AM","endDate":"4-Nov-1972","endTime":"8:52 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 4, 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 8:45 am and 8:52 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 389-004 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. 389-4\n\nDate: November 4, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 8:45 am and 8:52 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 33-6]","filename":["389-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"389-003","nextCode":"389-005","transcript":[{"start":0.22,"end":2.87,"text":"Take to the right, please."},{"start":2.89,"end":3.27,"text":"Take to the right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing telephone call. The exchange was limited to technical instructions regarding the placement of the call. No substantive policy matters or political developments were addressed during this brief operational communication.","topics":["White House communications","Telephone operations","Executive office administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:52:19.100Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","telephone-operations","executive-office-administration"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"389-004.mp3","bytes":230972,"durationSec":9.51,"bitrate":194366,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.438Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/389-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/389-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/389/conversation-389-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}