{"conversationCode":"422-002","tapeNumber":422,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-422-002","startDateTime":"1973-03-21T00:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-21T00:24:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Mar-1973","startTime":"7:10 PM","endDate":"20-Mar-1973","endTime":"7:24 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 20, 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 7:10 pm and 7:24 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 422-002 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. 422-002\n\nDate: March 20, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 7:10 pm and 7:24 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 37-173]","filename":["422-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"422-001","nextCode":"422-003","transcript":[{"start":0.27,"end":1.03,"text":"Thank you very much."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief administrative interaction with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The discussion served as a procedural bridge to connect the President with another party for a separate conversation. No substantive policy matters or major political decisions were recorded during this brief exchange.","topics":["White House operations","Presidential communication","Telecommunications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:12:29.595Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","presidential-communication","telecommunications"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"422-002.mp3","bytes":53248,"durationSec":11.11,"bitrate":38353,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:46.739Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/422-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/422-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/422/conversation-422-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}