{"conversationCode":"437-006","tapeNumber":437,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-437-006","startDateTime":"1973-05-16T18:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-16T18:44:00.000Z","startDate":"16-May-1973","startTime":"2:00 PM","endDate":"16-May-1973","endTime":"2:44 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 16, 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 2:00 pm and 2:44 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 437-006 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. 437-6\n\nDate: May 16, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 2:00 pm and 2:44 pm\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 46-78]","filename":["437-006.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"437-005","nextCode":"437-007","transcript":[{"start":2.81,"end":3.98,"text":"That's right, there it is."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. The brief exchange focused on establishing a direct line to another party. The interaction concluded with the operator successfully initiating the requested call.","topics":["White House communications","telecommunications","operational protocol"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:05:50.778Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","telecommunications","operational-protocol"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"437-006.mp3","bytes":323584,"durationSec":10.01,"bitrate":258522,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.739Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/437-006.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/437-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/437/conversation-437-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}