{"conversationCode":"836-002","tapeNumber":836,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-836-002","startDateTime":"1973-01-09T13:28:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-09T13:28:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Jan-1973","startTime":"8:28 AM","endDate":"9-Jan-1973","endTime":"8:28 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 9, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 8:28 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 836-002 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"5.3","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part III","chronReleaseDate":"23-Jun-2009","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 836-2\n\nDate: January 9, 1973\nTime: 8:28 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 35-102]","filename":["836-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"836-001","nextCode":"836-003","transcript":[{"start":8.79,"end":9.49,"text":"Oh, thank you."},{"start":11.52,"end":14.88,"text":"Thank you very much."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, routine administrative interaction with the White House operator to facilitate communication. This exchange functioned primarily as a procedural check for connectivity within the White House switchboard system. No substantive policy matters or executive decisions were addressed during this brief connection.","topics":["White House communications","administrative protocols","telephony","White House switchboard"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:53:29.171Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","administrative-protocols","telephony","white-house-switchboard"],"audioDurationSec":22,"audioFiles":[{"file":"836-002.mp3","bytes":524308,"durationSec":21.73,"bitrate":192996,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:59.848Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/836-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/836-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/836/conversation-836-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}