{"conversationCode":"467-039","tapeNumber":467,"conversationNumber":39,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-467-039","startDateTime":"1971-03-17T20:48:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-03-17T20:49:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Mar-1971","startTime":"3:48 PM","endDate":"17-Mar-1971","endTime":"3:49 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Baker, LaMar;","description":"On March 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and LaMar Baker met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:48 pm to 3:49 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 467-039 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 467-039\n\nDate: March 17, 1971\nTime: 3:48 pm - 3:49 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with LaMar Baker\n\n     Baker’s health","filename":["467-039.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:17:20","tapeEnd":"02:19:15","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Baker, LaMar"],"prevCode":"467-038","nextCode":"467-040","transcript":[{"start":7.71,"end":15.98,"text":"Yeah, yeah, I guess that's a rough operation, huh?"},{"start":16,"end":18.32,"text":"Yeah, yeah."},{"start":18.97,"end":23.89,"text":"But apparently, from what I hear, after that operation, you feel better all the way around."},{"start":23.91,"end":31.55,"text":"Takes you a little while to appreciate it."},{"start":31.57,"end":33.23,"text":"Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah."},{"start":33.53,"end":39.34,"text":"Well, I just wish you the best, and we hope to get out of there and get back to fire."},{"start":39.36,"end":39.66,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":40.2,"end":42.8,"text":"Okay, I can chat with anybody here."},{"start":42.82,"end":43.1,"text":"Okay."},{"start":44.45,"end":44.69,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":46.99,"end":47.77,"text":"Oh, yeah."},{"start":47.79,"end":51.92,"text":"We'll go down there to Mr. Johnson."},{"start":51.94,"end":52.58,"text":"Good to see you."},{"start":52.6,"end":53.58,"text":"I hear you."},{"start":53.6,"end":54,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Representative LaMar Baker to offer well wishes regarding Baker's recent surgery. The brief, informal conversation focused on the physical recovery process following the procedure. No substantive policy matters or official administrative decisions were discussed during the encounter.","topics":["LaMar Baker","Health","Surgery","Congressional relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:22:01.687Z"},"topicSlugs":["lamar-baker","health","surgery","congressional-relations"],"audioDurationSec":54,"audioFiles":[{"file":"467-039.mp3","bytes":1305912,"durationSec":54.36,"bitrate":192201,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.988Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/467-039.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/467-039","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/467/conversation-467-039","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}