{"conversationCode":"435-018","tapeNumber":435,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-435-018","startDateTime":"1973-05-10T19:26:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-10T19:30:00.000Z","startDate":"10-May-1973","startTime":"3:26 PM","endDate":"10-May-1973","endTime":"3:30 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 10, 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 3:26 pm and 3:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 435-018 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. 435-18\n\nDate: May 10, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 3:26 pm and 3:30 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 45-194]","filename":["435-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"435-017","nextCode":"435-019","transcript":[{"start":0.28,"end":3.87,"text":"Okay, let's play."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief interaction with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The conversation is strictly functional, serving to connect the President to another party for further discussion. No substantive policy matters or major decisions were recorded during this short exchange.","topics":["White House communications","Telephone operations","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:01:22.944Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","telephone-operations","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"435-018.mp3","bytes":348160,"durationSec":10.75,"bitrate":259176,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.738Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/435-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/435-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/435/conversation-435-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}