{"conversationCode":"434-012","tapeNumber":434,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-434-012","startDateTime":"1973-05-11T18:11:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-11T18:15:00.000Z","startDate":"11-May-1973","startTime":"2:11 PM","endDate":"11-May-1973","endTime":"2:15 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 11, 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 2:11 pm and 2:15 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 434-012 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. 434-12\n\nDate: May 11, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 2:11 pm and 2:15 pm\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 46-4]","filename":["434-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"434-011","nextCode":"434-013","transcript":[{"start":0.34,"end":1.2,"text":"Take off please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon requested that the White House operator disconnect or stop recording the active line. This brief interaction served as a procedural administrative instruction regarding the management of the President's telecommunications. No other substantive political or policy matters were discussed during this exchange.","topics":["White House operator","Telecommunications","Administrative procedure","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:57:30.370Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","telecommunications","administrative-procedure","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"434-012.mp3","bytes":305152,"durationSec":9.41,"bitrate":259335,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.424Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/434-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/434-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/434/conversation-434-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}