{"conversationCode":"427-015","tapeNumber":427,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-427-015","startDateTime":"1973-04-17T01:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-17T01:58:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Apr-1973","startTime":"8:45 PM","endDate":"16-Apr-1973","endTime":"8:58 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 16, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:45 pm and 8:58 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 427-015 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 427-15\n\nDate: April 16, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:45 pm and 8:58 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with White House operator [?].\n\n       Unknown person’s location\n\f                                               -31-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["427-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"427-014","nextCode":"427-016","transcript":[{"start":0.22,"end":9.77,"text":"So, he's on bait too?"},{"start":9.79,"end":10.29,"text":"Okay, we can call him."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consults with a White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with an unidentified individual. The brief exchange focuses on coordinating the logistics of reaching this party. The interaction concludes with the operator confirming they can proceed with placing the call.","topics":["White House communications","Telephone logistics","Presidential staff coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:32:51.140Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","telephone-logistics","presidential-staff-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"427-015.mp3","bytes":485376,"durationSec":15.09,"bitrate":257266,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.104Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:38.567Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/427-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/427-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/427/conversation-427-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}