{"conversationCode":"021-026","tapeNumber":21,"conversationNumber":26,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-021-026","startDateTime":"1972-03-08T14:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-08T14:59:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Mar-1972","startTime":"9:00 AM","endDate":"8-Mar-1972","endTime":"9:59 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 9:59 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-026 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. 21-26\n\nDate: March 9, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:00 am and 9:59 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 681-2A]\n\n     Request for a call to Red Skelton\n         -Washington, DC\n         -Florida","filename":["021-026.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:09:12","tapeEnd":"01:09:26","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"021-025","nextCode":"021-027","transcript":[{"start":0.69,"end":2.44,"text":"Are they going to be in at 9 o'clock?"},{"start":3.28,"end":3.96,"text":"Please."},{"start":3.98,"end":5.45,"text":"Would you try Mr. Red Skelton?"},{"start":5.53,"end":11.69,"text":"He was in Washington last night and was going to Florida, so you may get him one place or the other."},{"start":11.71,"end":12.07,"text":"Fine."},{"start":12.67,"end":13.29,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."},{"start":13.31,"end":13.65,"text":"I will."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to entertainer Red Skelton. Because Skelton had recently been in Washington, D.C. and was traveling to Florida, the President requested that the operator attempt to locate him at either destination. The conversation served as a brief administrative request to facilitate this specific outreach.","topics":["Red Skelton","Communication","Presidential scheduling","Outreach"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:07:14.510Z"},"topicSlugs":["red-skelton","communication","presidential-scheduling","outreach"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"021-026.mp3","bytes":342307,"durationSec":14.21,"bitrate":192743,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.521Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/021-026.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/021-026","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/21/conversation-021-026","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}