{"conversationCode":"916-003","tapeNumber":916,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-916-003","startDateTime":"1973-05-11T12:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-11T12:27:00.000Z","startDate":"11-May-1973","startTime":"8:10 AM","endDate":"11-May-1973","endTime":"8:27 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:10 am and 8:27 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 916-003 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. 916-3\n\nDate: May 11, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:10 am and 8:27 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\f                                                -2-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                           Conversation No. 916-3 (cont’d)\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 45-218]","filename":["916-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"916-002","nextCode":"916-004","transcript":[{"start":0.35,"end":1.26,"text":"Senator, have a comment, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a phone connection to a Senator. This brief interaction served as a logistical step for the President to initiate official legislative outreach. No further substantive policy discussions were recorded during this segment of the call.","topics":["White House operator","Presidential communication","Legislative outreach","Telephone call"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:02:04.063Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","presidential-communication","legislative-outreach","telephone-call"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"916-003.mp3","bytes":284672,"durationSec":8.76,"bitrate":259974,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.413Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:45:02.414Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/916-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/916-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/916/conversation-916-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}