{"conversationCode":"421-014","tapeNumber":421,"conversationNumber":14,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-421-014","startDateTime":"1973-03-21T21:41:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-21T21:41:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Mar-1973","startTime":"4:41 PM","endDate":"21-Mar-1973","endTime":"4:41 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 4:41 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 421-014 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. 421-14\n\nDate: March 21, 1973\nTime: 4:41 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 37-191]","filename":["421-014.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"421-013","nextCode":"421-015","transcript":[{"start":0.39,"end":1.52,"text":"You asked me to do it safely."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate a secure communication. The brief exchange focused on establishing a safe, private line for an undisclosed purpose. This interaction serves as an administrative bridge to subsequent, more substantive discussions held by the President.","topics":["White House communications","Security protocols","Presidential telecommunications","Administrative procedures"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:10:17.639Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","security-protocols","presidential-telecommunications","administrative-procedures"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"421-014.mp3","bytes":63488,"durationSec":10.13,"bitrate":50122,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:46.739Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/421-014.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/421-014","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/421/conversation-421-014","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}