{"conversationCode":"904-005","tapeNumber":904,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-904-005","startDateTime":"1973-04-25T13:17:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-25T13:25:00.000Z","startDate":"25-Apr-1973","startTime":"8:17 AM","endDate":"25-Apr-1973","endTime":"8:25 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 25, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:17 am and 8:25 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 904-005 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. 904-5\n\nDate: April 25, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:17 am and 8:25 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\f                                             -3-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 38-136]","filename":["904-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"904-004","nextCode":"904-006","transcript":[{"start":0.29,"end":6,"text":"Operator, I have a call after Mr. Peterson, but I have to step out for a while, so I'm calling back in about 30 minutes."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to postpone his upcoming call with Peter Peterson because he needed to step out of the office for a short duration. He requested that the operator reconnect him in approximately 30 minutes to resume his scheduled communications. This brief exchange served to manage the President's immediate administrative agenda and handle the timing of his telephone traffic.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","White House operator","Peter Peterson","administrative communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T23:40:42.322Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","white-house-operator","peter-peterson","administrative-communications"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"904-005.mp3","bytes":432128,"durationSec":13.36,"bitrate":258759,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.080Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:59.988Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/904-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/904-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/904/conversation-904-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}