{"conversationCode":"637-002","tapeNumber":637,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-637-002","startDateTime":"1971-12-10T13:38:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-10T13:38:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Dec-1971","startTime":"8:38 AM","endDate":"10-Dec-1971","endTime":"8:38 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 8:38 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 637-002 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. 637-002\n\nDate: December 12, 1971\nTime: 8:38 am\n\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 16-98]","filename":["637-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:02:56","tapeEnd":"00:06:19","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"637-001","nextCode":"637-003","transcript":[{"start":1.33,"end":4.21,"text":"That's our guest."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon interacts with a White House operator to facilitate an incoming communication. The brief exchange focuses on managing telephone logistics and identifying an expected guest. No substantive policy discussions or major administrative decisions occur during this short administrative interaction.","topics":["White House operations","telecommunications","administrative logistics","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:32:11.945Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","telecommunications","administrative-logistics","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"637-002.mp3","bytes":301779,"durationSec":7.39,"bitrate":326537,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.662Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/637-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/637-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/637/conversation-637-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}