{"conversationCode":"438-017","tapeNumber":438,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-438-017","startDateTime":"1973-05-17T19:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-17T19:53:00.000Z","startDate":"17-May-1973","startTime":"3:43 PM","endDate":"17-May-1973","endTime":"3:53 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 3:43 pm and 3:53 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 438-017 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. 438-17\n\nDate: May 17, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 3:43 pm and 3:53 pm\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 46-99]\n\f                                             -14-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["438-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"438-016","nextCode":"438-018","transcript":[{"start":0.64,"end":2.06,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, routine interaction with a White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. This administrative exchange served as a logistical step in managing the President's ongoing communications. No substantive policy discussions or significant political developments occurred during this brief contact.","topics":["White House communications","administrative operations","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:09:21.210Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","administrative-operations","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"438-017.mp3","bytes":344064,"durationSec":10.67,"bitrate":258047,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.739Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:40.581Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/438-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/438-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/438/conversation-438-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}