{"conversationCode":"862-003","tapeNumber":862,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-862-003","startDateTime":"1973-02-23T14:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-23T14:34:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Feb-1973","startTime":"9:34 AM","endDate":"23-Feb-1973","endTime":"9:34 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 23, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:34 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 862-003 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. 862-3\n\nDate: February 23, 1973\nTime: 9:34 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 43-180]","filename":["862-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"862-002","nextCode":"862-004","transcript":[{"start":0.28,"end":0.89,"text":"Would you ask them to?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The interaction was brief, focusing primarily on the mechanics of connecting the President to his intended party. No substantive policy discussions or major administrative decisions occurred during this brief exchange.","topics":["Telecommunications","White House operations","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T06:06:45.030Z"},"topicSlugs":["telecommunications","white-house-operations","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"862-003.mp3","bytes":240931,"durationSec":9.92,"bitrate":194299,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.697Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/862-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/862-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/862/conversation-862-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}