{"conversationCode":"437-008","tapeNumber":437,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-437-008","startDateTime":"1973-05-16T18:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-16T18:51:00.000Z","startDate":"16-May-1973","startTime":"2:46 PM","endDate":"16-May-1973","endTime":"2:51 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 2:46 pm and 2:51 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 437-008 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. 437-8\n\nDate: May 16, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 2:46 pm and 2:51 pm\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 46-80]\n\f                                                  -8-\n\n                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["437-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"437-007","nextCode":"437-009","transcript":[{"start":0.37,"end":2.4,"text":"Where's his arm?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, informal check-in with the White House operator to clarify the location or status of an unidentified individual. The interaction, characterized by an ambiguous reference to an \"arm,\" serves as a minor administrative inquiry within the President's daily schedule. No substantive policy decisions or political developments resulted from this brief communication.","topics":["White House operations","Presidential communication","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:06:01.691Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","presidential-communication","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"437-008.mp3","bytes":325632,"durationSec":10.05,"bitrate":259123,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.738Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:40.396Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/437-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/437-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/437/conversation-437-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}