{"conversationCode":"352-021","tapeNumber":352,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-352-021","startDateTime":"1972-08-02T17:19:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-02T18:33:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Aug-1972","startTime":"1:19 PM","endDate":"2-Aug-1972","endTime":"2:33 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On August 2, 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 1:19 pm and 2:33 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 352-021 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 352-21\n\nDate: August 2, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:19 and 2:33 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["352-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"352-020","nextCode":"352-022","transcript":[{"start":1.03,"end":2.36,"text":"um, secretaries."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection. The primary purpose of this brief interaction was to reach Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this request.","topics":["White House operations","Ronald L. Ziegler","communication protocol","executive scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T16:37:12.750Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","ronald-l-ziegler","communication-protocol","executive-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"352-021.mp3","bytes":144195,"durationSec":5.95,"bitrate":193984,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.539Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/352-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/352-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/352/conversation-352-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}