{"conversationCode":"467-003","tapeNumber":467,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-467-003","startDateTime":"1971-03-12T13:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-03-12T13:18:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Mar-1971","startTime":"8:15 AM","endDate":"12-Mar-1971","endTime":"8:18 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:15 am and 8:18 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 467-003 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 467-3\n\nDate: March 12, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:15 am and 8:18 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n     President’s call to Admiral Thomas H. Moorer\n\n     Call to General John W. Vogt, Jr.\n                                              2\n\n                          NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF\n\n                                      Tape Subject Log\n                                         (rev. 9/08)","filename":["467-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:01:37","tapeEnd":"00:02:39","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"467-002","nextCode":"467-004","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":8.69,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":8.71,"end":14.01,"text":"No, no, I don't want to talk to him on that communication."},{"start":14.29,"end":16.19,"text":"Better get General Bold for me."},{"start":16.21,"end":17.09,"text":"Bold, Bold, B-O-D-A."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate secure telephone communications with high-ranking military officials. After attempting to reach Admiral Thomas H. Moorer and General John W. Vogt, Jr., the President directed the operator to connect him instead with General Boda. The brief exchange focused exclusively on establishing these specific military lines of communication.","topics":["Military communication","Thomas H. Moorer","John W. Vogt, Jr.","General Boda","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:18:44.691Z"},"topicSlugs":["military-communication","thomas-h-moorer","john-w-vogt-jr","general-boda","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"467-003.mp3","bytes":426944,"durationSec":17.71,"bitrate":192832,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:47.662Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/467-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/467-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/467/conversation-467-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}