{"conversationCode":"853-001","tapeNumber":853,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-853-001","startDateTime":"1973-02-08T14:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-08T14:52:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Feb-1973","startTime":"9:51 AM","endDate":"8-Feb-1973","endTime":"9:52 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 8, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:51 am and 9:52 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 853-001 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. 853-1\n\nDate: February 8, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 9:51 am and 9:52 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 43-215]\n\n       Request for a call to Lyndon K. (\"Mort\") Allin","filename":["853-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"852-020","nextCode":"853-002","transcript":[{"start":0.35,"end":1.81,"text":"Can you get me more alpha, please?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing telephone call to Lyndon K. \"Mort\" Allin. This interaction served to facilitate direct communication between the President and Allin. No further details regarding the substance of the intended conversation were captured on the recording.","topics":["Presidential communications","White House operator","Lyndon K. Allin","Telephone call requests"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T01:15:01.131Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-communications","white-house-operator","lyndon-k-allin","telephone-call-requests"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"853-001.mp3","bytes":230956,"durationSec":9.51,"bitrate":194352,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:59.849Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/853-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/853-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/853/conversation-853-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}