{"conversationCode":"426-039","tapeNumber":426,"conversationNumber":39,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-426-039","startDateTime":"1973-04-10T20:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-10T20:46:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Apr-1973","startTime":"3:45 PM","endDate":"10-Apr-1973","endTime":"3:46 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 10, 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 3:45 pm and 3:46 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 426-039 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. 426-39\n\nDate: April 10, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 3:45 pm and 3:46 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 44-133]\n\f                                             -29-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["426-039.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"426-038","nextCode":"426-040","transcript":[{"start":3.51,"end":9.82,"text":"He knows."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon interacts with a White House operator to facilitate a communication, though the specific intent remains unclear due to the brevity and indistinct nature of the recording. The exchange serves as a procedural bridge to connect the President with an unnamed party. No substantive policy decisions or critical developments are captured in this brief fragment.","topics":["White House operator","Telecommunications","Presidential communication","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:29:49.320Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","telecommunications","presidential-communication","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"426-039.mp3","bytes":88064,"durationSec":18.72,"bitrate":37634,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:47.662Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:38.374Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/426-039.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/426-039","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/426/conversation-426-039","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}