{"conversationCode":"421-017","tapeNumber":421,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-421-017","startDateTime":"1973-03-21T21:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-21T21:53:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Mar-1973","startTime":"4:45 PM","endDate":"21-Mar-1973","endTime":"4:53 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary;","description":"On March 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:45 pm and 4:53 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 421-017 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. 421-17\n\nDate: March 21, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:45 pm and 4:53 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Rose Mary Woods.\n\n       Sample of incoming correspondence\n           -Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis","filename":["421-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Woods, Rose Mary"],"prevCode":"421-016","nextCode":"421-018","transcript":[{"start":0.34,"end":27,"text":"I have a reason for"},{"start":35.6,"end":57.54,"text":"Okay."},{"start":57.56,"end":57.66,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, in the Old Executive Office Building to discuss administrative matters regarding incoming correspondence. The brief discussion centered specifically on a letter from Hobart D. (\"Hobe\") Lewis. No significant policy decisions or major strategic developments were recorded during this exchange.","topics":["Rose Mary Woods","Correspondence","Hobart D. Lewis","White House Administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:10:34.229Z"},"topicSlugs":["rose-mary-woods","correspondence","hobart-d-lewis","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":68,"audioFiles":[{"file":"421-017.mp3","bytes":518144,"durationSec":67.69,"bitrate":61234,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:46.739Z","transcriptGapSeconds":49,"transcriptGapShare":0.71,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/421-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/421-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/421/conversation-421-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}