{"conversationCode":"401-021","tapeNumber":401,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-401-021","startDateTime":"1973-01-11T18:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-11T19:11:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Jan-1973","startTime":"1:05 PM","endDate":"11-Jan-1973","endTime":"2:11 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 11, 1973, 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 1:05 pm and 2:11 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 401-021 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.3","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part III","chronReleaseDate":"23-Jun-2009","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 401-21\n\nDate: January 11, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:05 pm and 2:11 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 35-133]","filename":["401-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"401-020","nextCode":"401-022","transcript":[{"start":0.17,"end":12.2,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, procedural interaction with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. No substantive policy matters or political discussions were recorded during this exchange. The conversation served primarily as an administrative bridge to connect the President with another party.","topics":["White House operations","telecommunications","administrative support"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T18:16:57.493Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","telecommunications","administrative-support"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"401-021.mp3","bytes":295926,"durationSec":12.17,"bitrate":194474,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:45.437Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/401-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/401-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/401/conversation-401-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}