{"conversationCode":"439-027","tapeNumber":439,"conversationNumber":27,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-439-027","startDateTime":"1973-05-21T21:29:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-21T21:34:00.000Z","startDate":"21-May-1973","startTime":"5:29 PM","endDate":"21-May-1973","endTime":"5:34 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 5:29 pm and 5:34 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 439-027 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. 439-27\n\nDate: May 21, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 5:29 pm and 5:34 pm\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nPresident talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 46-133]\n\f                                               -21-\n\n                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["439-027.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"439-026","nextCode":"439-028","transcript":[{"start":0.22,"end":1.18,"text":"We're going to start this."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief administrative interaction with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The conversation serves primarily as a logistical step to establish communication for a subsequent discussion. No substantive policy matters are addressed in this short exchange.","topics":["White House operations","telecommunications","administrative logistics","presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:13:39.158Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","telecommunications","administrative-logistics","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"439-027.mp3","bytes":335872,"durationSec":10.4,"bitrate":258363,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.739Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:40.772Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/439-027.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/439-027","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/439/conversation-439-027","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}