{"conversationCode":"409-012","tapeNumber":409,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-409-012","startDateTime":"1973-02-06T18:57:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-06T19:47:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Feb-1973","startTime":"1:57 PM","endDate":"6-Feb-1973","endTime":"2:47 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 6, 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 1:57 pm and 2:47 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 409-012 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 409-12\n\nDate: February 6, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:57 pm and 2:47 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 43-31]","filename":["409-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"409-011","nextCode":"409-013","transcript":[{"start":0.35,"end":3.87,"text":"Direct joy, please."},{"start":3.89,"end":4.76,"text":"I can't read it."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The conversation was brief and administrative in nature, focusing on the operator's difficulty in reading a specific request or number provided by the President. No substantive policy matters were addressed as the interaction remained limited to routine telecommunications support.","topics":["White House communications","administrative logistics","telephony"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T18:37:14.129Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","administrative-logistics","telephony"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"409-012.mp3","bytes":57344,"durationSec":10.89,"bitrate":42113,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.438Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/409-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/409-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/409/conversation-409-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}