{"conversationCode":"429-017","tapeNumber":429,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-429-017","startDateTime":"1973-04-19T22:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-19T22:10:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Apr-1973","startTime":"5:10 PM","endDate":"19-Apr-1973","endTime":"5:10 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"[Unknown person(s)]; White House operator;","description":"On April 19, 1973, unknown person(s) and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 5:10 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 429-017 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. 429-017\n\nDate: April 19, 1973\nTime: 5:10 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe White House operator talked to the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 038-119]","filename":["429-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["[Unknown person(s)]","White House operator"],"prevCode":"429-016","nextCode":"429-018","transcript":[{"start":4.28,"end":4.74,"text":"off."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"A White House operator contacted President Nixon to facilitate a connection, likely for an urgent communication or scheduling adjustment. The exchange was brief and served as a functional conduit for the President to engage in further discussions. No substantive policy or political decisions were recorded during this brief technical interaction.","topics":["White House operations","Presidential communications","Telephone protocol","Administrative procedures"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:38:12.919Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","presidential-communications","telephone-protocol","administrative-procedures"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"429-017.mp3","bytes":507904,"durationSec":15.77,"bitrate":257601,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.104Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/429-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/429-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/429/conversation-429-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}