{"conversationCode":"898-001","tapeNumber":898,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-898-001","startDateTime":"1973-04-17T14:18:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-17T14:19:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Apr-1973","startTime":"9:18 AM","endDate":"17-Apr-1973","endTime":"9:19 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 17, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:18 am and 9:19 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 898-001 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 898-1\n\nDate: April 17, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 9:18 am and 9:19 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 38-83]","filename":["898-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"897-017","nextCode":"898-002","transcript":[{"start":0.49,"end":1.36,"text":"John Dean, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a call to John Dean. This brief interaction served solely as a logistical request to connect the President with his White House Counsel. No further substantive discussion or decision-making occurred during this exchange.","topics":["John Dean","White House communications","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:30:35.799Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-dean","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"898-001.mp3","bytes":231424,"durationSec":7.08,"bitrate":261496,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.081Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/898-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/898-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/898/conversation-898-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}