{"conversationCode":"424-016","tapeNumber":424,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-424-016","startDateTime":"1973-03-29T14:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-29T14:00:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Mar-1973","startTime":"9:00 AM","endDate":"29-Mar-1973","endTime":"9:00 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 29, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 9:00 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 424-016 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. 424-16\n\nDate: March 29, 1973\nTime: 9:00 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 44-64]","filename":["424-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"424-015","nextCode":"424-017","transcript":[{"start":4.59,"end":14.45,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This brief interaction served as a standard administrative precursor to connecting the President with another party. No substantive policy discussions or policy decisions occurred during this exchange.","topics":["White House operations","telecommunications","administrative procedures"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:18:47.432Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","telecommunications","administrative-procedures"],"audioDurationSec":22,"audioFiles":[{"file":"424-016.mp3","bytes":135168,"durationSec":22.27,"bitrate":48563,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:47.376Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/424-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/424-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/424/conversation-424-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}