{"conversationCode":"799-028","tapeNumber":799,"conversationNumber":28,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-799-028","startDateTime":"1972-10-16T20:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-16T20:45:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Oct-1972","startTime":"4:45 PM","endDate":"16-Oct-1972","endTime":"4:45 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 4:45 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 799-028 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. 799-28\n\nDate: October 16, 1972\nTime: 4:45 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 31-69]","filename":["799-028.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"799-027","nextCode":"799-029","transcript":[{"start":0.61,"end":1.66,"text":"All right."},{"start":1.88,"end":3.28,"text":"All right."},{"start":59.24,"end":60.82,"text":"You get it in the back."},{"start":60.88,"end":66.62,"text":"These two are underway."},{"start":66.7,"end":66.78,"text":"OK."},{"start":66.88,"end":81.28,"text":"So you're going to just go ahead and get the rest of them."},{"start":81.84,"end":83.09,"text":"Yeah, yeah."},{"start":83.15,"end":84.99,"text":"We hold back."},{"start":85.25,"end":86.65,"text":"So they can hang on, just like."},{"start":88.72,"end":94.78,"text":"You know, it seems like a pileup, so I've made more, and I have to wait for the rest."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon coordinated with the White House operator regarding the management of incoming telephone calls. The discussion centered on handling a high volume of traffic, with the operator confirming that calls were being held back to prevent a backlog. The President authorized the operator to continue managing the queue as necessary to ensure efficient communication flow.","topics":["White House communications","Telephone operations","Presidential scheduling","White House switchboard"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:01:40.920Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","telephone-operations","presidential-scheduling","white-house-switchboard"],"audioDurationSec":98,"audioFiles":[{"file":"799-028.mp3","bytes":2351646,"durationSec":97.92,"bitrate":192127,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:58.477Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:35.453Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/799-028.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/799-028","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/799/conversation-799-028","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}