{"conversationCode":"859-015","tapeNumber":859,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-859-015","startDateTime":"1973-02-21T15:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-21T15:16:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Feb-1973","startTime":"10:08 AM","endDate":"21-Feb-1973","endTime":"10:16 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 10:08 am and 10:16 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 859-015 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. 859-15\n\nDate: February 21, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 10:08 am and 10:16 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 43-143]\n\f                                                -15-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["859-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"859-014","nextCode":"859-016","transcript":[{"start":3.52,"end":4.26,"text":"Dr. , please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief request for the White House operator to connect him to an individual identified as \"Dr.\" This exchange reflects standard administrative procedure for placing outgoing executive calls from the Oval Office. No further substantive discussion occurs during this short segment of the recording.","topics":["White House communications","Presidential scheduling","administrative procedures"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T01:26:32.438Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling","administrative-procedures"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"859-015.mp3","bytes":312465,"durationSec":12.89,"bitrate":193876,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.696Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:49.346Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/859-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/859-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/859/conversation-859-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}