{"conversationCode":"937-016","tapeNumber":937,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-937-016","startDateTime":"1973-06-12T15:31:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-12T15:44:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Jun-1973","startTime":"11:31 AM","endDate":"12-Jun-1973","endTime":"11:44 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:31 am and 11:44 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 937-016 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. 937-16\n\nDate: June 12, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 11:31 am and 11:44 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 40-27]\n\f                                                  -29-\n\n                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["937-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"937-015","nextCode":"937-017","transcript":[{"start":0.25,"end":2.28,"text":"At the start, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief communication via the White House operator to facilitate an additional telephone call. The exchange serves primarily as a logistical step to connect the President with another party, as indicated by the instruction to start at the beginning of the line. No substantive policy matters or political strategies are discussed during this brief administrative interaction.","topics":["White House operations","telecommunications","administrative support","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-09T00:35:10.500Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","telecommunications","administrative-support","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"937-016.mp3","bytes":315392,"durationSec":9.72,"bitrate":259581,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:06.648Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:45:05.871Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/937-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/937-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/937/conversation-937-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}