{"conversationCode":"799-024","tapeNumber":799,"conversationNumber":24,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-799-024","startDateTime":"1972-10-16T20:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-16T20:36:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Oct-1972","startTime":"4:30 PM","endDate":"16-Oct-1972","endTime":"4:36 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:30 pm and 4:36 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 799-024 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 799-24\n\nDate: October 16, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 4:30 pm and 4:36 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 31-67]","filename":["799-024a.mp3","799-024b.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"799-023","nextCode":"799-025","transcript":[{"start":4.47,"end":7.2,"text":"to place the calls for Mr. Stone and Mr. Gallin.","speaker":null},{"start":8.18,"end":8.44,"text":"Thank you.","speaker":null},{"start":14.01,"end":14.25,"text":"Thank you.","speaker":null}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to place outgoing telephone calls to Mr. Stone and Mr. Gallin. This brief administrative interaction facilitates the President's personal communication with these two individuals. No other substantive policy or political matters were discussed during this brief exchange.","topics":["Telephone operations","Administrative tasks","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:01:18.720Z"},"topicSlugs":["telephone-operations","administrative-tasks","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":23,"audioFiles":[{"file":"799-024a.mp3","bytes":268328,"durationSec":11.11,"bitrate":193273,"missing":false},{"file":"799-024b.mp3","bytes":290898,"durationSec":12.07,"bitrate":192860,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.477Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:35.452Z","transcriptTimestampsRepairedAt":"2026-09-18T09:46:04.848Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/799-024a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/799-024b.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/799-024","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/799/conversation-799-024","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}