{"conversationCode":"467-038","tapeNumber":467,"conversationNumber":38,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-467-038","startDateTime":"1971-03-17T20:44:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-03-17T20:48:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Mar-1971","startTime":"3:44 PM","endDate":"17-Mar-1971","endTime":"3:48 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:44 pm and 3:48 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 467-038 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. 467-38\n\nDate: March 17, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:44 pm and 3:48 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n     Call to William L. Safire","filename":["467-038.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:17:07","tapeEnd":"02:17:20","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"467-037","nextCode":"467-039","transcript":[{"start":0.1,"end":3.22,"text":"Mr. Stoddard, please."},{"start":3.24,"end":3.76,"text":"Mr. Stoddard, thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a call through the White House operator to reach an individual named Mr. Stoddard. This brief interaction serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate communication with a specific contact. No further substantive policy matters or political discussions were recorded during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["White House communications","Telephone protocol","Administrative tasks","William Safire"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:21:56.402Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","telephone-protocol","administrative-tasks","william-safire"],"audioDurationSec":4,"audioFiles":[{"file":"467-038.mp3","bytes":97801,"durationSec":4,"bitrate":195631,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.988Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/467-038.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/467-038","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/467/conversation-467-038","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}