{"conversationCode":"417-012","tapeNumber":417,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-417-012","startDateTime":"1973-03-05T20:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-05T21:44:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Mar-1973","startTime":"3:34 PM","endDate":"5-Mar-1973","endTime":"4:44 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 5, 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 3:34 pm and 4:44 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 417-012 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. 417-12\n\nDate: March 5, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 3:34 pm and 4:44 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 37-58]","filename":["417-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"417-011","nextCode":"417-013","transcript":[{"start":0.37,"end":2.56,"text":"Senator Spence."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon requested that the White House operator place a call to Senator Floyd Spence. This brief interaction served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the President and the Senator. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this exchange.","topics":["Presidential communications","Floyd Spence","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:00:14.074Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-communications","floyd-spence","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"417-012.mp3","bytes":45056,"durationSec":9.67,"bitrate":37287,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:46.739Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/417-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/417-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/417/conversation-417-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}