{"conversationCode":"406-048","tapeNumber":406,"conversationNumber":48,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-406-048","startDateTime":"1973-01-31T02:41:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-31T02:42:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Jan-1973","startTime":"9:41 PM","endDate":"30-Jan-1973","endTime":"9:42 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 30, 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 9:41 pm and 9:42 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 406-048 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. 406-48\n\nDate: January 30, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 9:41 pm and 9:42 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 36-136]","filename":["406-048.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"406-047","nextCode":"406-049","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.64,"text":"Oh"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief exchange with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing communication. The primary purpose of the contact was to place a telephone call to an unnamed party. No substantive policy matters or significant decisions were addressed during this short administrative interaction.","topics":["White House operator","telecommunications","administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T18:31:42.960Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","telecommunications","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"406-048.mp3","bytes":235740,"durationSec":9.67,"bitrate":195095,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.438Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/406-048.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/406-048","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/406/conversation-406-048","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}