{"conversationCode":"442-012","tapeNumber":442,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-442-012","startDateTime":"1973-06-04T16:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-04T16:51:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Jun-1973","startTime":"12:35 PM","endDate":"4-Jun-1973","endTime":"12:51 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 4, 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 12:35 pm and 12:51 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 442-012 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. 442-012\n\nDate: June 4, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:35 pm and 12:51 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was initially prepared for the\nWatergate Special Prosecution Force (WSPF) and can be found in Record Group (RG) 460, Box\n172, “Transcript Prepared by the Impeachment Inquiry Staff for the House Judiciary\nCommittee…,” page 30 (.pdf page 34). The Nixon Presidential Materials Staff reviewed the\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\ntranscript and made changes as necessary. This transcript has been reviewed under the\nprovisions of the Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act of 1974 (PRMPA).\nThe National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]\n\n[See also Conversation No. 039-064]","filename":["442-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"442-011","nextCode":"442-013","transcript":[{"start":0.34,"end":3.34,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing telephone communication. This brief interaction served administrative purposes to initiate a call from the President’s office in the Old Executive Office Building. No substantive policy matters or major political decisions were recorded during this connection.","topics":["White House administration","Telecommunications","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:25:45.332Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-administration","telecommunications","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"442-012.mp3","bytes":331776,"durationSec":10.27,"bitrate":258526,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.740Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:41.359Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/442-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/442-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/442/conversation-442-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}