{"conversationCode":"425-012","tapeNumber":425,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-425-012","startDateTime":"1973-03-28T18:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-28T18:49:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Mar-1973","startTime":"1:45 PM","endDate":"28-Mar-1973","endTime":"1:49 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 28, 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 1:45 pm and 1:49 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 425-012 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. 425-12\n\nDate: March 28, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:45 pm and 1:49 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 44-50]\n\f                                             -11-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["425-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"425-011","nextCode":"425-013","transcript":[{"start":0.18,"end":1.17,"text":"I believe always."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief interaction with the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. This exchange served a purely administrative purpose, as the President required assistance in reaching an intended party. No substantive policy discussions or significant political developments occurred during this short communication.","topics":["White House operations","Administrative communication","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:22:04.936Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","administrative-communication","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"425-012.mp3","bytes":51200,"durationSec":10.27,"bitrate":39896,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:47.376Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:38.161Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/425-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/425-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/425/conversation-425-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}