{"conversationCode":"437-023","tapeNumber":437,"conversationNumber":23,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-437-023","startDateTime":"1973-05-18T20:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-18T21:00:00.000Z","startDate":"18-May-1973","startTime":"4:34 PM","endDate":"18-May-1973","endTime":"5:00 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 18, 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 4:34 pm and 5:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 437-023 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. 437-23\n\nDate: May 18, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:34 pm and 5:00 pm\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 46-114]\n\f                                             -37-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["437-023.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"437-022","nextCode":"437-024","transcript":[{"start":0.37,"end":1.35,"text":"Take off, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon speaks briefly with a White House operator to facilitate a phone connection. The exchange serves as a routine administrative request to place an outgoing call. No substantive policy matters or political discussions take place during this short interaction.","topics":["White House administration","telecommunications","presidential routine"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:07:23.349Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-administration","telecommunications","presidential-routine"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"437-023.mp3","bytes":331776,"durationSec":10.24,"bitrate":259200,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.738Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:40.399Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/437-023.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/437-023","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/437/conversation-437-023","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}