{"conversationCode":"439-045","tapeNumber":439,"conversationNumber":45,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-439-045","startDateTime":"1973-05-23T19:39:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-23T19:58:00.000Z","startDate":"23-May-1973","startTime":"3:39 PM","endDate":"23-May-1973","endTime":"3:58 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 3:39 pm and 3:58 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 439-045 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. 439-45\n\nDate: May 23, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 3:39 pm and 3:58 pm\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nPresident talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 46-172]\n\f                                              -36-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["439-045.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"439-044","nextCode":"439-046","transcript":[{"start":0.23,"end":3.75,"text":"I don't want to see anything."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to restrict his incoming communications, explicitly stating that he did not want to receive any materials or calls. This brief interaction served as a directive to limit his availability and filter his professional engagement during this period. The exchange reflects the President's desire for seclusion or a shift in his administrative workflow.","topics":["White House operations","Presidential directive","Communications management","Executive office administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:15:15.414Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","presidential-directive","communications-management","executive-office-administration"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"439-045.mp3","bytes":331776,"durationSec":10.25,"bitrate":258862,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.739Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:40.775Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/439-045.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/439-045","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/439/conversation-439-045","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}