{"conversationCode":"840-014","tapeNumber":840,"conversationNumber":14,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-840-014","startDateTime":"1973-02-03T18:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-03T18:21:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Feb-1973","startTime":"1:20 PM","endDate":"3-Feb-1973","endTime":"1:21 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:20 pm to 1:21 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 840-014 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 840-14\n\nDate: February 3, 1973\nTime: Between 1:20 pm and 1:21 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 43-19]","filename":["840-014.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"840-013","nextCode":"840-015","transcript":[{"start":4.52,"end":4.77,"text":"please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief request for the White House operator to place an outgoing call. This short interaction serves a purely administrative function to facilitate telecommunications from the Oval Office. No substantive policy matters or political developments are addressed during the brief exchange.","topics":["Telecommunications","White House operations","Administrative request"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:59:09.657Z"},"topicSlugs":["telecommunications","white-house-operations","administrative-request"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"840-014.mp3","bytes":86016,"durationSec":12.48,"bitrate":55138,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:59.849Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/840-014.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/840-014","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/840/conversation-840-014","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}