{"conversationCode":"421-009","tapeNumber":421,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-421-009","startDateTime":"1973-03-21T20:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-21T20:48:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Mar-1973","startTime":"3:45 PM","endDate":"21-Mar-1973","endTime":"3:48 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 21, 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 3:45 pm and 3:48 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 421-009 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. 421-9\n\nDate: March 21, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 3:45 pm and 3:48 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 37-187]\n\f                                             -9-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["421-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"421-008","nextCode":"421-010","transcript":[{"start":0.27,"end":1.22,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing telephone connection. This brief interaction served solely as a logistical bridge to connect the President to another party. No substantive policy matters or administrative decisions were addressed during this exchange.","topics":["White House communications","telecommunications","presidential logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:09:45.385Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","telecommunications","presidential-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"421-009.mp3","bytes":53248,"durationSec":8.84,"bitrate":48188,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:46.739Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:37.453Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/421-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/421-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/421/conversation-421-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}