{"conversationCode":"487-003","tapeNumber":487,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-487-003","startDateTime":"1971-04-23T15:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-23T15:35:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Apr-1971","startTime":"10:34 AM","endDate":"23-Apr-1971","endTime":"10:35 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:34 am and 10:35 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 487-003 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. 487-3\n\nDate: April 23, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:34 am and 10:35 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 2-32]","filename":["487-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:13:22","tapeEnd":"01:14:30","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"487-002","nextCode":"487-004","transcript":[{"start":6.71,"end":7.29,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. This brief interaction served as a logistical bridge to initiate a separate call, though the substance of the intended conversation remains unrecorded or non-existent in this segment. The exchange reflects routine administrative coordination necessary for presidential communications.","topics":["White House operator","Telecommunications","Administrative logistics","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:52:34.883Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","telecommunications","administrative-logistics","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"487-003.mp3","bytes":219427,"durationSec":9.08,"bitrate":193234,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.990Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:49.314Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/487-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/487-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/487/conversation-487-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}