{"conversationCode":"435-021","tapeNumber":435,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-435-021","startDateTime":"1973-05-14T17:04:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-14T17:07:00.000Z","startDate":"14-May-1973","startTime":"1:04 PM","endDate":"14-May-1973","endTime":"1:07 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 14, 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 1:04 pm and 1:07 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 435-021 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. 435-21\n\nDate: May 15, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:04 pm and 1:07 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 46-54]","filename":["435-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"435-020","nextCode":"435-022","transcript":[{"start":0.18,"end":3.73,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an outgoing telephone connection. This brief interaction served administrative purposes to establish a line for an upcoming conversation. No substantive policy matters or political discussions were recorded during this exchange.","topics":["White House communications","administrative logistics","telephone operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T20:01:39.044Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","administrative-logistics","telephone-operations"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"435-021.mp3","bytes":309248,"durationSec":9.57,"bitrate":258424,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.424Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/435-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/435-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/435/conversation-435-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}