{"conversationCode":"438-030","tapeNumber":438,"conversationNumber":30,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-438-030","startDateTime":"1973-05-22T15:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-22T15:36:00.000Z","startDate":"22-May-1973","startTime":"11:35 AM","endDate":"22-May-1973","endTime":"11:36 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 22, 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 11:35 am and 11:36 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 438-030 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. 438-30\n\nDate: May 22, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 11:35 am and 11:36 am\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 46-141]\n\f                                              -34-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["438-030.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"438-029","nextCode":"438-031","transcript":[{"start":9.03,"end":9.55,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. This brief interaction served as a functional administrative request to initiate a follow-up conversation. No substantive policy matters or decisions were discussed during this brief exchange.","topics":["White House operator","Telecommunications","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:10:30.791Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","telecommunications","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"438-030.mp3","bytes":307200,"durationSec":9.51,"bitrate":258513,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.739Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:40.583Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/438-030.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/438-030","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/438/conversation-438-030","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}