{"conversationCode":"882-005","tapeNumber":882,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-882-005","startDateTime":"1973-03-17T14:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-17T15:14:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Mar-1973","startTime":"9:54 AM","endDate":"17-Mar-1973","endTime":"10:14 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 17, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:54 am and 10:14 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 882-005 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. 882-5\n\nDate: March 17, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 9:54 am and 10:14 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 37-137]","filename":["882-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"882-004","nextCode":"882-006","transcript":[{"start":0.31,"end":0.8,"text":"General Haig?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief request for the White House operator to connect him with General Alexander Haig. This interaction serves as a routine administrative step to facilitate a direct line of communication with his chief military advisor. No further substantive policy matters or decisions were recorded during this brief exchange.","topics":["Alexander Haig","White House communications","administrative request","Oval Office operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:04:33.939Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-haig","white-house-communications","administrative-request","oval-office-operations"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"882-005.mp3","bytes":53248,"durationSec":10.36,"bitrate":41118,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.069Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/882-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/882-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/882/conversation-882-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}