{"conversationCode":"021-014","tapeNumber":21,"conversationNumber":14,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-021-014","startDateTime":"1972-03-07T19:18:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-07T19:26:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Mar-1972","startTime":"2:18 PM","endDate":"7-Mar-1972","endTime":"2:26 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 7, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:18 pm and 2:26 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-014 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 21-14\n\nDate: March 7, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:18 pm and 2:26 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 322-25]\n\n     Request for a call to Gen. Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","filename":["021-014.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:38:20","tapeEnd":"00:38:31","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"021-013","nextCode":"021-015","transcript":[{"start":3.25,"end":7.68,"text":"I wonder if you'd get Al Haig for me, please."},{"start":7.83,"end":8.69,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request a telephone connection with General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. This brief administrative interaction served as the necessary logistical step to facilitate direct communication with Haig. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief exchange.","topics":["Alexander Haig","White House operations","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:06:06.619Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-haig","white-house-operations","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"021-014.mp3","bytes":262059,"durationSec":10.85,"bitrate":193167,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:25.226Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/021-014.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/021-014","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/21/conversation-021-014","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}