{"conversationCode":"439-034","tapeNumber":439,"conversationNumber":34,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-439-034","startDateTime":"1973-05-23T17:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-23T17:19:00.000Z","startDate":"23-May-1973","startTime":"1:00 PM","endDate":"23-May-1973","endTime":"1:19 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 23, 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 1:00 pm and 1:19 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 439-034 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. 439-34\n\nDate: May 23, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:00 pm and 1:19 pm\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nPresident talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 46-169]","filename":["439-034.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"439-033","nextCode":"439-035","transcript":[{"start":0.17,"end":0.93,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon interacts with a White House operator in a brief administrative exchange. The conversation serves as a functional request to place an outgoing telephone call. No significant policy decisions or substantive political developments are captured in this brief logistical encounter.","topics":["White House operations","telecommunications","administrative support","presidential logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:14:16.842Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","telecommunications","administrative-support","presidential-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"439-034.mp3","bytes":335872,"durationSec":10.36,"bitrate":259360,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.740Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/439-034.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/439-034","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/439/conversation-439-034","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}