{"conversationCode":"439-005","tapeNumber":439,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-439-005","startDateTime":"1973-05-21T15:17:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-21T15:48:00.000Z","startDate":"21-May-1973","startTime":"11:17 AM","endDate":"21-May-1973","endTime":"11:48 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 21, 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 11:17 am and 11:48 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 439-005 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. 439-5\n\nDate: May 21, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 11:17 am and 11:48 am\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nPresident talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 46-124]","filename":["439-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"439-004","nextCode":"439-006","transcript":[{"start":0.18,"end":0.95,"text":"Go ahead, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This brief interaction served as a technical step in managing presidential communications. No substantive policy matters or major political decisions were recorded during this connection.","topics":["White House communications","Presidential operations","Telecommunications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:11:40.241Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","presidential-operations","telecommunications"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"439-005.mp3","bytes":321536,"durationSec":9.93,"bitrate":258955,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.739Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/439-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/439-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/439/conversation-439-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}