{"conversationCode":"436-012","tapeNumber":436,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-436-012","startDateTime":"1973-05-14T19:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-14T20:00:00.000Z","startDate":"14-May-1973","startTime":"3:52 PM","endDate":"14-May-1973","endTime":"4:00 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 14, 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 3:52 pm and 4:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 436-012 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. 436-12\n\nDate: May 14, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 3:52 pm and 4:00 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 46-30]","filename":["436-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"436-011","nextCode":"436-013","transcript":[{"start":1.84,"end":2.92,"text":"Hey, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief, informal interaction with a White House operator. The exchange serves primarily as a logistical request to facilitate an outgoing call. No substantive policy matters or significant historical decisions are addressed during this brief connection.","topics":["White House operations","telecommunications","presidential logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:04:44.882Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","telecommunications","presidential-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"436-012.mp3","bytes":296960,"durationSec":9.16,"bitrate":259353,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.739Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/436-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/436-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/436/conversation-436-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}