{"conversationCode":"859-026","tapeNumber":859,"conversationNumber":26,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-859-026","startDateTime":"1973-02-21T16:17:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-21T16:19:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Feb-1973","startTime":"11:17 AM","endDate":"21-Feb-1973","endTime":"11:19 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:17 am and 11:19 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 859-026 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"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. 859-26\n\nDate: February 21, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 11:17 am and 11:19 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 43-148]","filename":["859-026.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"859-025","nextCode":"859-027","transcript":[{"start":11.34,"end":15.7,"text":"There's no room in the seat."},{"start":15.98,"end":16.62,"text":"I'll call you back."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon briefly conversed with the White House operator to address a logistics issue regarding seating arrangements. Due to the lack of available space, the President instructed the operator to hold the request and indicated he would call back to resolve the matter. No other substantive policy or administrative topics were discussed during this brief exchange.","topics":["Logistics","White House operations","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T01:27:32.790Z"},"topicSlugs":["logistics","white-house-operations","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":25,"audioFiles":[{"file":"859-026.mp3","bytes":606504,"durationSec":25.13,"bitrate":193051,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:00.382Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/859-026.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/859-026","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/859/conversation-859-026","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}