{"conversationCode":"868-003","tapeNumber":868,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-868-003","startDateTime":"1973-03-03T14:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-03T14:17:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Mar-1973","startTime":"9:10 AM","endDate":"3-Mar-1973","endTime":"9:17 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:10 am and 9:17 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 868-003 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. 868-3\n\nDate: March 3, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 9:10 am and 9:17 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\f                                             -2-\n\n                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                          Conversation No. 868-3 (cont’d)\n\n[See Conversation No. 37-39]","filename":["868-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"868-002","nextCode":"868-004","transcript":[{"start":2.68,"end":3.62,"text":"Secretary Brennan, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to place a telephone call to Secretary of Labor Peter J. Brennan. This brief interaction serves as a routine administrative step to facilitate direct communication between the President and a member of his Cabinet. No further substantive policy discussions occur during this brief exchange.","topics":["Peter J. Brennan","Labor Department","Presidential communications","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T22:43:24.642Z"},"topicSlugs":["peter-j-brennan","labor-department","presidential-communications","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"868-003.mp3","bytes":63488,"durationSec":10.17,"bitrate":49925,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.697Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:51.500Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/868-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/868-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/868/conversation-868-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}