{"conversationCode":"442-020","tapeNumber":442,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-442-020","startDateTime":"1973-06-04T17:29:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-04T17:29:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Jun-1973","startTime":"1:29 PM","endDate":"4-Jun-1973","endTime":"1:29 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 1:29 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 442-020 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. 442-020\n\nDate: June 4, 1973\nTime: 1:29 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…,” pages 34 (.pdf pages 38). The Nixon Presidential Materials Staff reviewed the\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. 039-070]","filename":["442-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"442-019","nextCode":"442-021","transcript":[{"start":0.3,"end":1.27,"text":"Take her, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This brief interaction served solely to initiate a telephonic connection for the President. No substantive policy discussions or administrative decisions occurred during this exchange.","topics":["Telecommunications","White House operations","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:26:29.509Z"},"topicSlugs":["telecommunications","white-house-operations","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"442-020.mp3","bytes":274432,"durationSec":8.45,"bitrate":259714,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.740Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/442-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/442-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/442/conversation-442-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}