{"conversationCode":"434-002","tapeNumber":434,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-434-002","startDateTime":"1973-05-09T21:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-09T22:03:00.000Z","startDate":"9-May-1973","startTime":"5:05 PM","endDate":"9-May-1973","endTime":"6:03 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 9, 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 5:05 pm and 6:03 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 434-002 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. 434-2\n\nDate: May 9, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 5:05 pm and 6:03 pm\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 45-175]","filename":["434-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"434-001","nextCode":"434-003","transcript":[{"start":0.18,"end":3.75,"text":"Rob Taylor, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon uses the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection to Rob Taylor. The exchange serves exclusively as an administrative request to initiate this specific communication. No further policy or substantive discussion occurs during this brief interaction.","topics":["White House operator","Telecommunications","Administrative tasks","Rob Taylor"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:56:36.529Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","telecommunications","administrative-tasks","rob-taylor"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"434-002.mp3","bytes":309248,"durationSec":9.56,"bitrate":258784,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.424Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/434-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/434-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/434/conversation-434-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}