{"conversationCode":"434-021","tapeNumber":434,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-434-021","startDateTime":"1973-05-11T18:53:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-11T18:56:00.000Z","startDate":"11-May-1973","startTime":"2:53 PM","endDate":"11-May-1973","endTime":"2:56 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:53 pm and 2:56 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 434-021 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 434-21\n\nDate: May 11, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 2:53 pm and 2:56 pm\nLocation: Old Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 46-10]","filename":["434-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"434-019","nextCode":"434-022","transcript":[{"start":0.18,"end":1.45,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing telephone connection. This brief interaction served solely as an administrative bridge to initiate further communication with another party. No substantive policy matters or political issues were discussed during this brief exchange.","topics":["White House operations","telecommunications","administrative support","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T19:58:12.996Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","telecommunications","administrative-support","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"434-021.mp3","bytes":342016,"durationSec":10.6,"bitrate":258125,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.105Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/434-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/434-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/434/conversation-434-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}