{"conversationCode":"422-004","tapeNumber":422,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-422-004","startDateTime":"1973-03-21T00:26:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-21T00:29:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Mar-1973","startTime":"7:26 PM","endDate":"20-Mar-1973","endTime":"7:29 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 7:26 pm and 7:29 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 422-004 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. 422-004\n\nDate: March 20, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 7:26 pm and 7:29 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 37-175]","filename":["422-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"422-003","nextCode":"422-005","transcript":[{"start":0.39,"end":1.75,"text":"John Dean, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request a telephone connection with John Dean. This brief interaction served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication with his White House Counsel. No further substantive discussions or policy decisions occurred during this brief exchange.","topics":["John Dean","White House communications","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:12:40.861Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-dean","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"422-004.mp3","bytes":55296,"durationSec":9.93,"bitrate":44533,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:46.738Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:37.623Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/422-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/422-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/422/conversation-422-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}