{"conversationCode":"002-022","tapeNumber":2,"conversationNumber":22,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-002-022","startDateTime":"1971-04-21T18:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-21T18:13:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Apr-1971","startTime":"1:00 PM","endDate":"21-Apr-1971","endTime":"1:13 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:00 pm and 1:13 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-022 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 2-22\n\nDate: April 21, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:00 pm and 1:13 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 484-13A]\n\n     Call to John W. Dean, III","filename":["002-022.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:35:15","tapeEnd":"00:35:24","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"002-021","nextCode":"002-023","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":0.84,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":0.86,"end":2.29,"text":"Mr. Dean, John Dean."},{"start":2.45,"end":2.85,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":2.89,"end":3.88,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to White House Counsel John W. Dean, III. This brief exchange served exclusively as a logistical step to connect the President with his legal advisor. No substantive policy matters or decisions were discussed during this initial administrative interaction.","topics":["John W. Dean III","White House operations","Presidential communication","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:09:33.056Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-w-dean-iii","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":4,"audioFiles":[{"file":"002-022.mp3","bytes":100936,"durationSec":4.12,"bitrate":195857,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.350Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:32.959Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/002-022.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-022","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/2/conversation-002-022","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}