{"conversationCode":"874-003","tapeNumber":874,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-874-003","startDateTime":"1973-03-09T14:26:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-09T14:52:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Mar-1973","startTime":"9:26 AM","endDate":"9-Mar-1973","endTime":"9:52 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 9, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:26 am and 9:52 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 874-003 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. 874-3\n\nDate: March 9, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 9:26 am and 9:52 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 37-65]","filename":["874-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"874-002","nextCode":"874-004","transcript":[{"start":14.43,"end":14.82,"text":"Not this time."},{"start":15.28,"end":16.21,"text":"Middle of the night."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, informal exchange with a White House operator regarding the logistics of managing his communications. The discussion centered on the timing of relayed messages, specifically addressing a notification that arrived during the late night hours. No major policy decisions were made, as the interaction focused primarily on operational administrative procedures.","topics":["White House operations","Communications","Administrative logistics","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T22:53:04.329Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","communications","administrative-logistics","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":24,"audioFiles":[{"file":"874-003.mp3","bytes":180224,"durationSec":24.17,"bitrate":59643,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.697Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/874-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/874-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/874/conversation-874-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}