{"conversationCode":"039-021","tapeNumber":39,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-039-021","startDateTime":"1973-05-25T14:26:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-25T14:26:00.000Z","startDate":"25-May-1973","startTime":"10:26 AM","endDate":"25-May-1973","endTime":"10:26 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On May 25, 1973, White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 10:26 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-021 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 39-21\n\nDate: May 25, 1973\nTime: 10:26 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 928-6A]\n\f                                             -21-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                              Conversation No. 39-21 (cont’d)\n\n       John C. Stennis’s location\n              -Mississippi","filename":["039-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["White House operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"039-020","nextCode":"039-022","transcript":[{"start":0.4,"end":1.63,"text":"Utilite, yeah."},{"start":1.65,"end":3.88,"text":"Senator Stennis is en route to Mississippi."},{"start":4.08,"end":4.67,"text":"Oh, that's all right."},{"start":4.68,"end":6.19,"text":"I'll call him tomorrow."},{"start":6.21,"end":7.14,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with a White House operator regarding the availability of Senator John C. Stennis, who was currently traveling to Mississippi. Upon learning of the Senator's location, the President decided to postpone his outreach. Nixon concluded the brief exchange by stating he would attempt to contact Senator Stennis the following day.","topics":["John C. Stennis","Presidential communications","Scheduling","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:44:23.640Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-c-stennis","presidential-communications","scheduling","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"039-021.mp3","bytes":385024,"durationSec":11.96,"bitrate":257541,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.070Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:42.801Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/039-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/39/conversation-039-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}