{"conversationCode":"389-016","tapeNumber":389,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-389-016","startDateTime":"1972-11-04T16:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-04T16:01:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Nov-1972","startTime":"11:00 AM","endDate":"4-Nov-1972","endTime":"11:01 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 11:00 am and 11:01 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 389-016 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. 389-16\n\nDate: November 4, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:00 am and 11:01 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 33-31]\n\f                                               -20-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["389-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"389-015","nextCode":"389-017","transcript":[{"start":0.32,"end":1.25,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon communicated briefly with the White House operator to place an outgoing telephone call. No substantive policy matters or historical events were discussed during this short administrative interaction. The conversation serves primarily as a record of the routine logistical support provided by the switchboard staff to the President.","topics":["White House communications","Logistics","Switchboard operations","Administrative support"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:53:31.511Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","logistics","switchboard-operations","administrative-support"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"389-016.mp3","bytes":234741,"durationSec":9.64,"bitrate":194805,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.437Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:31.810Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/389-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/389-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/389/conversation-389-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}