{"conversationCode":"390-020","tapeNumber":390,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-390-020","startDateTime":"1972-11-02T23:57:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-02T23:57:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Nov-1972","startTime":"6:57 PM","endDate":"2-Nov-1972","endTime":"6:57 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 6:57 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 390-020 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. 390-20\n\nDate: November 2, 1972\nTime: 6:57 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 32-155]","filename":["390-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"390-019","nextCode":"390-021","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":5.18,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This brief interaction served as a logistical step to connect the President with another party. No substantive policy discussions or significant political developments occurred during this brief exchange.","topics":["White House communications","Presidential logistics","Telephone operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:56:13.498Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","presidential-logistics","telephone-operations"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"390-020.mp3","bytes":380770,"durationSec":15.73,"bitrate":193611,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.213Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/390-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/390-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/390/conversation-390-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}