{"conversationCode":"344-021","tapeNumber":344,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-344-021","startDateTime":"1972-06-22T16:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-06-22T16:56:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Jun-1972","startTime":"12:15 PM","endDate":"22-Jun-1972","endTime":"12:56 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 22, 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 12:15 pm and 12:56 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 344-021 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. 344-21\n\nDate: June 22, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:15 and 12:56 pm\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 25-122]","filename":["344-021-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:51:19","tapeEnd":"02:51:35","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"344-020","nextCode":"344-022","tapeTranscriptFile":"344a.mp3,344b.mp3,344c.mp3","transcriptBoundary":{"start":10295,"end":10311,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, routine interaction with the White House operator to facilitate telephonic communications. This engagement served the administrative purpose of connecting the President to external parties through the White House switchboard. No substantive policy discussions or major developments were recorded during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["White House operations","Telecommunications","Presidential administration","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T16:19:14.138Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","telecommunications","presidential-administration","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"344-021-splice.mp3","bytes":303621,"durationSec":18.99,"bitrate":127900,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-10-27T08:05:04.921Z","originalFilename":["344a.mp3","344b.mp3","344c.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["344b.mp3"],"cutStart":10401.5,"cutEnd":10420.5,"adjustedStart":10401.5,"adjustedEnd":10420.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"medium","splicedAt":"2026-10-27T08:05:04.921Z"},"transcript":[{"start":10294.14,"end":10295.2,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":10295.38,"end":10295.56,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":10296.44,"end":10298.7,"text":"Thank you, everybody."},{"start":10298.72,"end":10299.38,"text":"Bye."}],"transcriptConfidence":"medium","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/344-021-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/344-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/344/conversation-344-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}