{"conversationCode":"413-016","tapeNumber":413,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-413-016","startDateTime":"1973-02-23T20:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-23T20:38:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Feb-1973","startTime":"3:35 PM","endDate":"23-Feb-1973","endTime":"3:38 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 23, 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 3:35 pm and 3:38 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 413-016 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. 413-16\n\nDate: February 23, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 3:35 pm and 3:38 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 43-193]\n\f                                            -10-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                             Conversation No. 413-39 (cont’d)","filename":["413-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"413-015","nextCode":"413-017","transcript":[{"start":0.25,"end":5.84,"text":"uh..."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, routine communication with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. No substantive policy matters or political discussions were addressed during this short exchange. The interaction served strictly as an administrative step to connect the President with another party.","topics":["White House administration","telecommunications","presidential operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T18:47:26.166Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-administration","telecommunications","presidential-operations"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"413-016.mp3","bytes":83968,"durationSec":15.11,"bitrate":44466,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:46.739Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:36.019Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/413-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/413-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/413/conversation-413-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}