{"conversationCode":"442-025","tapeNumber":442,"conversationNumber":25,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-442-025","startDateTime":"1973-06-04T17:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-04T17:58:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Jun-1973","startTime":"1:55 PM","endDate":"4-Jun-1973","endTime":"1:58 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 1:55 pm and 1:58 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 442-025 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. 442-025\n\nDate: June 4, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:55 pm and 1:58 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 40 (.pdf page 44). 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. 039-074]\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n[Begin transcribed portion]\n\n[End transcribed portion]","filename":["442-025.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"442-024","nextCode":"442-026","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":3.11,"text":"Go ahead, please."},{"start":3.13,"end":3.48,"text":"Go ahead, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing telephone connection. The brief exchange served as a routine procedural step to initiate a call to an unidentified party. No substantive policy discussions or significant political developments occurred during this brief administrative interaction.","topics":["White House operations","telecommunications","administrative procedure","Nixon administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:26:57.777Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","telecommunications","administrative-procedure","nixon-administration"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"442-025.mp3","bytes":479232,"durationSec":14.84,"bitrate":258346,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.739Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:41.361Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/442-025.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/442-025","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/442/conversation-442-025","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}