{"conversationCode":"439-008","tapeNumber":439,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-439-008","startDateTime":"1973-05-21T15:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-21T16:34:00.000Z","startDate":"21-May-1973","startTime":"11:51 AM","endDate":"21-May-1973","endTime":"12:34 PM","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 11:51 am and 12:34 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 439-008 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. 439-8\n\nDate: May 21, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 11:51 am and 12:34 pm\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nPresident talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 46-127]","filename":["439-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"439-007","nextCode":"439-009","transcript":[{"start":0.25,"end":2.31,"text":"or to cancel that case instead at all."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with a White House operator regarding the potential cancellation of a specific case or call. The brief exchange focused on procedural inquiries, though the limited transcript remains inconclusive regarding the underlying legal or administrative matter. No definitive action or resolution is recorded within this specific segment of the conversation.","topics":["White House operations","Administrative procedures","Communication protocols"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:11:56.214Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","administrative-procedures","communication-protocols"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"439-008.mp3","bytes":409600,"durationSec":12.68,"bitrate":258422,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.739Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/439-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/439-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/439/conversation-439-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}