{"conversationCode":"393-008","tapeNumber":393,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-393-008","startDateTime":"1973-01-04T18:48:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-04T19:54:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Jan-1973","startTime":"1:48 PM","endDate":"4-Jan-1973","endTime":"2:54 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 4, 1973, 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 1:48 pm and 2:54 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 393-008 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.3","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part III","chronReleaseDate":"23-Jun-2009","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 393-8\n\nDate: January 4, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:48 pm and 2:54 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\f                                             -10-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                           Conversation No. 393-8 (cont’d)\n\n[See Conversation No. 35-85]","filename":["393-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"393-007","nextCode":"393-009","transcript":[{"start":0.45,"end":4.84,"text":"Okay."},{"start":4.86,"end":4.96,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. This brief interaction served administrative purposes to establish a communication link with an unspecified third party. No substantive policy matters or political discussions were recorded during this brief exchange.","topics":["White House communications","administrative operations","telecommunications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T18:01:50.106Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","administrative-operations","telecommunications"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"393-008.mp3","bytes":247649,"durationSec":10.17,"bitrate":194743,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.438Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:32.561Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/393-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/393-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/393/conversation-393-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}