{"conversationCode":"021-054","tapeNumber":21,"conversationNumber":54,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-021-054","startDateTime":"1972-03-13T20:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-13T20:52:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Mar-1972","startTime":"3:50 PM","endDate":"13-Mar-1972","endTime":"3:52 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Keogh, James;","description":"On March 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and James Keogh talked on the telephone from 3:50 pm to 3:52 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-054 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. 21-54\n\nDate: March 13, 1972\nTime: 3:50 pm - 3:52 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with James Keogh.\n\n[See Conversation No. 683-20/684-1A]\n\n     Keogh’s book [President Nixon and the Press]\n         -Autographed copy given to the President\n         -Interest in book\n         -Content\n         -Review\n               -Compared to Edith Efron book [The News Twister]\n         -Kenneth W. Clawson\n               -Former career as a writer\n         -Forthcoming book by Keogh\n               -Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis\n               -Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo\n                      -Informatio for book\n               -Quotes and anecdotes\n         -The President’s reading habits","filename":["021-054.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:04:20","tapeEnd":"02:06:53","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Keogh, James","Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Keogh, James"],"prevCode":"021-053","nextCode":"021-055","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.27,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.31,"end":2.68,"text":"Mr. James Keogh, Mr. President."},{"start":3,"end":3.38,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":4.12,"end":4.4,"text":"Hello."},{"start":4.9,"end":6.12,"text":"Hello, Mr. President."},{"start":6.26,"end":11.79,"text":"Jim, I wanted you to know that they just brought me in an autographed copy of your book."},{"start":11.81,"end":14.48,"text":"I can't tell you that I read it, but..."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon spoke with James Keogh to acknowledge receipt of an autographed copy of Keogh's book, *President Nixon and the Press*. The conversation touched upon the content of the work, its comparison to Edith Efron's *The News Twister*, and brief mentions of personnel like Kenneth Clawson. Additionally, the two discussed research progress for Keogh's forthcoming project, including contributions from Charles \"Bebe\" Rebozo and Hobart Lewis.","topics":["James Keogh","President Nixon and the Press","The News Twister","media relations","book authorship","Bebe Rebozo"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:09:46.976Z"},"topicSlugs":["james-keogh","president-nixon-and-the-press","the-news-twister","media-relations","book-authorship","bebe-rebozo"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"021-054.mp3","bytes":362996,"durationSec":15.05,"bitrate":192909,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.521Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/021-054.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/021-054","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/21/conversation-021-054","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}