{"conversationCode":"418-004","tapeNumber":418,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-418-004","startDateTime":"1973-03-09T19:12:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-09T19:15:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Mar-1973","startTime":"2:12 PM","endDate":"9-Mar-1973","endTime":"2:15 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 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 2:12 pm and 2:15 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 418-004 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. 418-4\n\nDate: March 9, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 2:12 pm and 2:15 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 37-68]","filename":["418-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"418-003","nextCode":"418-005","transcript":[{"start":0.45,"end":4.35,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, routine administrative interaction with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. No substantive policy matters or political discussions were addressed during this short exchange. The conversation served exclusively as a functional step in the President’s telephonic communication process.","topics":["White House operations","telecommunications","administrative support","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:01:54.848Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","telecommunications","administrative-support","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"418-004.mp3","bytes":53248,"durationSec":9.11,"bitrate":46777,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:46.739Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/418-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/418-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/418/conversation-418-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}