{"conversationCode":"433-040","tapeNumber":433,"conversationNumber":40,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-433-040","startDateTime":"1973-05-01T22:24:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-01T22:27:00.000Z","startDate":"1-May-1973","startTime":"6:24 PM","endDate":"1-May-1973","endTime":"6:27 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 1, 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 6:24 pm and 6:27 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 433-040 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. 433-40\n\nDate: May 1, 1973\n\f                                             -24-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\nTime: Unknown between 6:24 pm and 6:27 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 45-104]","filename":["433-040.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"433-039","nextCode":"433-041","transcript":[{"start":2.23,"end":8.08,"text":"He may be making us speak, if he is, don't bother, because he's inviting between speeches."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to discuss incoming communications and potential scheduling or call-routing instructions. The brief exchange focused on managing correspondence or inquiries during a busy period of public speeches. No significant policy decisions were reached, as the conversation served primarily as an administrative coordination effort.","topics":["White House operations","Scheduling","Communications","Administrative coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:52:03.114Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","scheduling","communications","administrative-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"433-040.mp3","bytes":499712,"durationSec":15.49,"bitrate":258026,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.105Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:39.661Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/433-040.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/433-040","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/433/conversation-433-040","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}