{"conversationCode":"420-021","tapeNumber":420,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-420-021","startDateTime":"1973-03-19T21:59:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-19T21:59:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Mar-1973","startTime":"4:59 PM","endDate":"19-Mar-1973","endTime":"4:59 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 19, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 4:59 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 420-021 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 420-21\n\nDate: March 19, 1973\nTime: 4:59 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 37-155]","filename":["420-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"420-020","nextCode":"420-022","transcript":[{"start":1.47,"end":5.64,"text":"Operator, would you see if Mr. John"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief interaction with the White House operator to request a connection to an individual named John. The exchange serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate an upcoming private communication between the President and the specified party. No substantive policy discussions occur during this short administrative request.","topics":["Presidential communications","White House operations","Administrative logistics","John"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:08:27.150Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-communications","white-house-operations","administrative-logistics","john"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"420-021.mp3","bytes":92160,"durationSec":17.47,"bitrate":42210,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:46.738Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/420-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/420-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/420/conversation-420-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}