{"conversationCode":"429-023","tapeNumber":429,"conversationNumber":23,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-429-023","startDateTime":"1973-04-20T02:32:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-20T02:37:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Apr-1973","startTime":"9:32 PM","endDate":"19-Apr-1973","endTime":"9:37 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 19, 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 9:32 pm and 9:37 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 429-023 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. 429-023\n\nDate: April 19, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 9:32 pm and 9:37 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 038-125]\n\n[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was initially prepared for the\nWatergate Special Prosecution Force (WSPF) and can be found in Record Group (RG) 460, Box\n174, pages 1-15. The Nixon Presidential Materials Staff reviewed the transcript and made\nchanges as necessary. This transcript has been reviewed under the provisions of the Presidential\nRecordings and Materials Preservation Act of 1974 (PRMPA). The National Archives does not\nguarantee its accuracy.]\n\n[Begin transcribed portion]\n\n[End transcribed portion]","filename":["429-023.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"429-022","nextCode":"429-024","transcript":[{"start":0.25,"end":0.9,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing communication. This brief interaction served administrative purposes to connect the President with another party. No substantive policy matters or political developments were discussed during this short exchange.","topics":["White House communications","Administrative logistics","Presidential operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:38:48.471Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","administrative-logistics","presidential-operations"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"429-023.mp3","bytes":325632,"durationSec":10.07,"bitrate":258780,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.104Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:38.929Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/429-023.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/429-023","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/429/conversation-429-023","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}