{"conversationCode":"859-012","tapeNumber":859,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-859-012","startDateTime":"1973-02-21T14:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-21T14:58:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Feb-1973","startTime":"9:55 AM","endDate":"21-Feb-1973","endTime":"9:58 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:55 am and 9:58 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 859-012 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. 859-12\n\nDate: February 21, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 9:55 am and 9:58 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 43-141]\n\f                                          -12-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["859-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"859-011","nextCode":"859-013","transcript":[{"start":6.36,"end":7.03,"text":"Sure, sure."},{"start":7.59,"end":8.18,"text":"Cover it, Chief."},{"start":8.2,"end":8.7,"text":"It's called."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The brief exchange focused on establishing a telephonic connection to an unnamed party. No substantive policy matters or complex developments were addressed during this logistical interaction.","topics":["White House operator","telecommunications","administrative logistics","presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T01:26:15.576Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","telecommunications","administrative-logistics","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"859-012.mp3","bytes":385813,"durationSec":15.95,"bitrate":193551,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.696Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:49.345Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/859-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/859-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/859/conversation-859-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}