{"conversationCode":"634-004","tapeNumber":634,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-634-004","startDateTime":"1971-12-09T19:39:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-09T19:43:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Dec-1971","startTime":"2:39 PM","endDate":"9-Dec-1971","endTime":"2:43 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:39 pm and 2:43 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 634-004 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 634-4\n\nDate: December 9, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:39 pm and 2:43 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 16-73]","filename":["634-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:13:19","tapeEnd":"00:14:20","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"634-003","nextCode":"634-005","transcript":[{"start":1.45,"end":2.37,"text":"Burns, Wisconsin."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief communication through the White House operator to place an outgoing call. The interaction serves as a functional request to connect with an individual in Burns, Wisconsin. No substantive policy discussions or political developments occur during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["White House operator","telecommunications","administrative logistics","Burns, Wisconsin"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:27:26.070Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","telecommunications","administrative-logistics","burns-wisconsin"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"634-004.mp3","bytes":211901,"durationSec":5.15,"bitrate":328921,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.362Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/634-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/634-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/634/conversation-634-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}