{"conversationCode":"250-021","tapeNumber":250,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-250-021","startDateTime":"1971-04-16T20:27:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-16T22:30:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Apr-1971","startTime":"3:27 PM","endDate":"16-Apr-1971","endTime":"5:30 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On April 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:27 pm and 5:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 250-021 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 250-21\n\nDate: April 16, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:27 pm and 5:30 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with an unknown person\n\n******************************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 09/10/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[250-021-w001]\n[Duration: 15s]\n\n     Request\n         -Record album\n              -Identification number\n\n******************************************************************************","filename":["250-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:51:10","tapeEnd":"03:52:23","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"250-020","nextCode":"250-022","transcript":[{"start":1.75,"end":3.25,"text":"I need to get a record."},{"start":3.31,"end":9.49,"text":"I'm not going to get a number, but if it is a record, I'll find a way to get it out."},{"start":10.03,"end":14.38,"text":"I don't know if you can call me that, but we do."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with an unidentified individual regarding the retrieval of a specific record album. The participant offered to secure the item provided it could be obtained discreetly without requiring an official identification number. This brief exchange focused on the logistics of acquiring this personal or administrative material.","topics":["record album","logistics","administrative request","confidentiality"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:42:38.639Z"},"topicSlugs":["record-album","logistics","administrative-request","confidentiality"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"250-021.mp3","bytes":600479,"durationSec":14.88,"bitrate":322809,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/250-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/250-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/250/conversation-250-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}