{"conversationCode":"421-015","tapeNumber":421,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-421-015","startDateTime":"1973-03-21T21:41:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-21T21:43:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Mar-1973","startTime":"4:41 PM","endDate":"21-Mar-1973","endTime":"4:43 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 4:41 pm and 4:43 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 421-015 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. 421-15\n\nDate: March 21, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:41 pm and 4:43 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 37-192]","filename":["421-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"421-014","nextCode":"421-016","transcript":[{"start":0.39,"end":2.82,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon interacted briefly with a White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection. This administrative exchange served as the precursor to a subsequent, more substantive discussion. No specific policy matters or political decisions were addressed during this brief connection.","topics":["White House administration","Telecommunications","Presidential operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:10:23.331Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-administration","telecommunications","presidential-operations"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"421-015.mp3","bytes":83968,"durationSec":12.63,"bitrate":53200,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:46.738Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/421-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/421-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/421/conversation-421-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}