{"conversationCode":"434-018","tapeNumber":434,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-434-018","startDateTime":"1973-05-11T18:47:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-11T18:51:00.000Z","startDate":"11-May-1973","startTime":"2:47 PM","endDate":"11-May-1973","endTime":"2:51 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 2:47 pm and 2:51 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 434-018 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. 434-18\n\nDate: May 11, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 2:47 pm and 2:51 pm\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 46-8]","filename":["434-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"434-017","nextCode":"434-019","transcript":[{"start":0.17,"end":1.37,"text":"Y'all ready for this?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The brief exchange focused on establishing a connection with another party. No substantive policy matters or major developments occurred during this administrative interaction.","topics":["White House operations","Telecommunications","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:58:02.267Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","telecommunications","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"434-018.mp3","bytes":319488,"durationSec":9.87,"bitrate":259044,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.105Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/434-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/434-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/434/conversation-434-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}