{"conversationCode":"448-016","tapeNumber":448,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-448-016","startDateTime":"1973-07-11T17:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-07-11T18:51:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Jul-1973","startTime":"1:20 PM","endDate":"11-Jul-1973","endTime":"2:51 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On July 11, 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 1:20 pm and 2:51 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 448-016 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. 448-16\n\nDate: July 11, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:10 pm and 2:28 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\f                                              -11-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                           Conversation No. 448-16 (cont’d)\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n[See Conversation No. 41-60]","filename":["448-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"448-015","nextCode":"448-017","transcript":[{"start":0.28,"end":4.53,"text":"Drop two degrees."},{"start":4.55,"end":5.45,"text":"Hold on."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon requested that the White House operator lower the room temperature by two degrees. The operator acknowledged the directive and instructed the President to remain on the line. This brief exchange reflects routine administrative management of the President's immediate environment.","topics":["White House operations","climate control","facilities management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:47:55.653Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","climate-control","facilities-management"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"448-016.mp3","bytes":331776,"durationSec":10.28,"bitrate":258191,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.081Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:42.502Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/448-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/448-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/448/conversation-448-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}