{"conversationCode":"391-022","tapeNumber":391,"conversationNumber":22,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-391-022","startDateTime":"1972-11-03T14:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-03T14:12:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Nov-1972","startTime":"9:00 AM","endDate":"3-Nov-1972","endTime":"9:12 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 3, 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 9:00 am and 9:12 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 391-022 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. 391-22\n\nDate: November 3, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:00 am and 9:12 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 32-161]","filename":["391-022.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"391-021","nextCode":"391-023","transcript":[{"start":0.59,"end":23.62,"text":"Operator, I'd like to place about four calls ."},{"start":23.64,"end":23.88,"text":"To Senator ."},{"start":23.9,"end":24.74,"text":"Senator Margaret Smith, probably in Maine."},{"start":24.76,"end":24.94,"text":"Senator ."},{"start":24.96,"end":25.28,"text":"And to Senator ."},{"start":30.24,"end":47.96,"text":"."},{"start":47.98,"end":48.16,"text":"Senator ."},{"start":82.73,"end":84.21,"text":"Okay, that's enough."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to initiate a series of outbound telephone calls to several United States Senators. The President requested that the operator locate and connect him specifically to Senator Margaret Chase Smith in Maine along with several other unnamed members of the Senate. This brief administrative interaction served to facilitate the President's personal outreach to congressional leadership.","topics":["White House Operator","Telephone Calls","Margaret Chase Smith","U.S. Senate","Presidential Communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:58:50.759Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","telephone-calls","margaret-chase-smith","u-s-senate","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":91,"audioFiles":[{"file":"391-022.mp3","bytes":2186397,"durationSec":90.96,"bitrate":192295,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.213Z","transcriptGapSeconds":41,"transcriptGapShare":0.45,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/391-022.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/391-022","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/391/conversation-391-022","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}