{"conversationCode":"342-021","tapeNumber":342,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-342-021","startDateTime":"1972-06-20T16:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-06-20T17:30:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Jun-1972","startTime":"12:55 PM","endDate":"20-Jun-1972","endTime":"1:30 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:55 pm and 1:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 342-021 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 342-21\n\fDate: June 20, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:55 and 1:30 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 25-77]","filename":["342-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:38:56","tapeEnd":"04:39:06","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"342-020","nextCode":"342-022","transcript":[{"start":2.98,"end":5.89,"text":"Second spot, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to place an outgoing telephone call. The interaction served as a brief administrative bridge to facilitate the President's communications. No substantive policy matters or strategic developments were discussed during this brief exchange.","topics":["White House operations","telecommunications","presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T16:12:32.619Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","telecommunications","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"342-021.mp3","bytes":242223,"durationSec":5.92,"bitrate":327150,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.538Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/342-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/342-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/342/conversation-342-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}