{"conversationCode":"426-021","tapeNumber":426,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-426-021","startDateTime":"1973-03-29T23:26:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-29T23:30:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Mar-1973","startTime":"6:26 PM","endDate":"29-Mar-1973","endTime":"6:30 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 29, 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 6:26 pm and 6:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 426-021 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. 426-21\n\nDate: March 29, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 6:26 pm and 6:30 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 44-83]","filename":["426-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"426-020","nextCode":"426-022","transcript":[{"start":0.22,"end":3.27,"text":"oh"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon interacted with the White House operator in the Old Executive Office Building to facilitate a telephonic connection. The brief encounter focused on administrative logistics regarding the placement of an outgoing call. No substantive policy discussions or significant political developments occurred during this brief communication exchange.","topics":["White House communications","administrative operations","telephony","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:28:06.301Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","administrative-operations","telephony","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"426-021.mp3","bytes":38912,"durationSec":8.33,"bitrate":37355,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:46.739Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:38.373Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/426-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/426-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/426/conversation-426-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}