{"conversationCode":"884-005","tapeNumber":884,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-884-005","startDateTime":"1973-03-20T15:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-20T15:46:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Mar-1973","startTime":"10:46 AM","endDate":"20-Mar-1973","endTime":"10:46 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 10:46 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 884-005 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. 884-5\n\nDate: March 20, 1973\nTime: 10:46 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 37-163]","filename":["884-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"884-004","nextCode":"884-006","transcript":[{"start":1.11,"end":1.35,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon interacted with the White House operator to facilitate a connection for an outgoing telephone call. This brief exchange served the administrative purpose of establishing a line for the President's subsequent communication. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during this brief procedural interaction.","topics":["White House operator","telecommunications","administrative procedures","presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:06:26.027Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","telecommunications","administrative-procedures","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"884-005.mp3","bytes":47104,"durationSec":9.87,"bitrate":38192,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.069Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/884-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/884-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/884/conversation-884-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}