{"conversationCode":"021-053","tapeNumber":21,"conversationNumber":53,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-021-053","startDateTime":"1972-03-13T16:21:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-13T20:50:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Mar-1972","startTime":"11:21 AM","endDate":"13-Mar-1972","endTime":"3:50 PM","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 11:21 am and 3:50 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-053 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. 21-53\n\nDate: March 13, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:21 am and 3:50 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 683-19]\n\n     Request for a call to James Keogh","filename":["021-053.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:04:09","tapeEnd":"02:04:20","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"021-052","nextCode":"021-054","transcript":[{"start":0.72,"end":3.98,"text":"Look at me, Mr. James Keogh."},{"start":4.52,"end":6.34,"text":"He was formerly on the White House staff."},{"start":6.57,"end":7.73,"text":"I think we probably have his number."},{"start":7.75,"end":8.25,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request a telephone connection with former staff member James Keogh. The brief exchange focused on locating and dialing Keogh's contact information. No further policy or strategic matters were addressed during this administrative interaction.","topics":["James Keogh","White House operations","Staff communication","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:09:41.324Z"},"topicSlugs":["james-keogh","white-house-operations","staff-communication","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"021-053.mp3","bytes":248893,"durationSec":10.31,"bitrate":193205,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.521Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/021-053.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/021-053","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/21/conversation-021-053","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}