{"conversationCode":"002-011","tapeNumber":2,"conversationNumber":11,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-002-011","startDateTime":"1971-04-20T20:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-20T21:04:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Apr-1971","startTime":"3:55 PM","endDate":"20-Apr-1971","endTime":"4:04 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:55 pm and 4:04 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-011 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 2-11\n\nDate: April 20, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:55 pm and 4:04 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 483-17E]\n\n     Call to George H. Mahon\n\n                                                                                               Back to Top\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["002-011.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:11:12","tapeEnd":"00:11:18","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"002-010","nextCode":"002-012","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.53,"text":"Mahon, George Mahon."},{"start":1.66,"end":2.08,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":2.26,"end":3.06,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Congressman George H. Mahon. This brief interaction serves as the administrative bridge to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and the Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. No substantive policy discussions occur during this initial request.","topics":["George H. Mahon","White House operations","legislative outreach","telecommunications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:08:26.850Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-h-mahon","white-house-operations","legislative-outreach","telecommunications"],"audioDurationSec":3,"audioFiles":[{"file":"002-011.mp3","bytes":75231,"durationSec":3.05,"bitrate":197064,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.570Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:32.958Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/002-011.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-011","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/2/conversation-002-011","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}