{"conversationCode":"438-014","tapeNumber":438,"conversationNumber":14,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-438-014","startDateTime":"1973-05-17T19:06:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-17T19:11:00.000Z","startDate":"17-May-1973","startTime":"3:06 PM","endDate":"17-May-1973","endTime":"3:11 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 17, 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 3:06 pm and 3:11 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 438-014 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. 438-14\n\nDate: May 17, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 3:06 pm and 3:11 pm\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 46-97]\n\f                                                  -8-\n\n                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                              Conversation No. 438-15 (cont’d)","filename":["438-014.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"438-013","nextCode":"438-015","transcript":[{"start":0.2,"end":1.64,"text":"Mr. Rensselaer, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief interaction with the White House operator to place an outgoing telephone call. He requested to be connected to an individual identified as Mr. Rensselaer. The exchange served strictly as a logistical coordination to facilitate official communication.","topics":["White House operator","Telecommunications","Logistics","Mr. Rensselaer"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:09:05.134Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","telecommunications","logistics","mr-rensselaer"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"438-014.mp3","bytes":337920,"durationSec":10.44,"bitrate":258942,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.739Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:40.580Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/438-014.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/438-014","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/438/conversation-438-014","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}