{"conversationCode":"401-002","tapeNumber":401,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-401-002","startDateTime":"1973-01-09T18:23:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-09T19:30:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Jan-1973","startTime":"1:23 PM","endDate":"9-Jan-1973","endTime":"2:30 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 9, 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 1:23 pm and 2:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 401-002 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. 401-2\n\nDate: January 9, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:23 pm and 2:30 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 35-107]","filename":["401-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"401-001","nextCode":"401-003","transcript":[{"start":0.47,"end":9.77,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, non-substantive interaction with a White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection. The exchange was strictly logistical in nature, serving as a functional step to initiate a subsequent communication. No policy matters or significant executive decisions were discussed during this brief contact.","topics":["White House communications","telephony","Presidential logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T18:15:10.101Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","telephony","presidential-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"401-002.mp3","bytes":236991,"durationSec":9.72,"bitrate":195054,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.438Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/401-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/401-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/401/conversation-401-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}