{"conversationCode":"389-021","tapeNumber":389,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-389-021","startDateTime":"1972-11-04T16:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-04T17:25:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Nov-1972","startTime":"11:45 AM","endDate":"4-Nov-1972","endTime":"12:25 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 4, 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 11:45 am and 12:25 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 389-021 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 389-21\n\nDate: November 4, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:45 am and 12:25 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 33-34]","filename":["389-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"389-020","nextCode":"389-022","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":1.03,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This brief interaction served administrative purposes to connect the President with another party. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during this brief exchange.","topics":["White House communications","telecommunications","administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:53:59.668Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","telecommunications","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"389-021.mp3","bytes":234114,"durationSec":9.63,"bitrate":194554,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.438Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/389-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/389-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/389/conversation-389-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}