{"conversationCode":"021-049","tapeNumber":21,"conversationNumber":49,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-021-049","startDateTime":"1972-03-13T15:07:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-13T16:16:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Mar-1972","startTime":"10:07 AM","endDate":"13-Mar-1972","endTime":"11:16 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:07 am and 11:16 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-049 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. 21-49\n\nDate: March 13, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:07 am and 11:16 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 683-4A]\n\n     Request for a call to Crosby S. Noyes of Washington Star","filename":["021-049.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:59:21","tapeEnd":"01:59:32","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"021-048","nextCode":"021-050","transcript":[{"start":0.77,"end":9.91,"text":"Could you get me Mr. Crosby Noyes, please, of the Washington Star?"},{"start":9.93,"end":10.11,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Crosby S. Noyes, a journalist with the Washington Star. This brief exchange serves as the administrative initiation for the President to communicate directly with members of the press. No further substantive policy matters are discussed during this connection attempt.","topics":["Crosby S. Noyes","Washington Star","Media relations","White House communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:09:19.351Z"},"topicSlugs":["crosby-s-noyes","washington-star","media-relations","white-house-communications"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"021-049.mp3","bytes":267075,"durationSec":11.05,"bitrate":193349,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.521Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/021-049.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/021-049","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/21/conversation-021-049","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}