{"conversationCode":"476-021","tapeNumber":476,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-476-021","startDateTime":"1971-04-09T18:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-09T18:47:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Apr-1971","startTime":"1:35 PM","endDate":"9-Apr-1971","endTime":"1:47 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:35 pm and 1:47 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 476-021 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. 476-21\n\nDate: April 9, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:35 pm and 1:47 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n[See Conversation No. 1-61]","filename":["476-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:51:31","tapeEnd":"04:52:42","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"476-020","nextCode":"476-022","transcript":[{"start":0.28,"end":2.62,"text":"Oh, did you call Dr. Burns?"},{"start":2.65,"end":5.25,"text":"Dr. Burns, I'm afraid you called him."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consults with the White House operator to verify the status of a scheduled communication with Dr. Arthur Burns. The brief exchange confirms whether the President had already personally placed the call to the Federal Reserve Chairman. The interaction highlights the administrative coordination required for Nixon to manage his high-level professional correspondence.","topics":["Arthur Burns","White House operator","communication logistics","Federal Reserve"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:38:54.492Z"},"topicSlugs":["arthur-burns","white-house-operator","communication-logistics","federal-reserve"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"476-021.mp3","bytes":389328,"durationSec":16.16,"bitrate":192726,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.989Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/476-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/476-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/476/conversation-476-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}