{"conversationCode":"010-041","tapeNumber":10,"conversationNumber":41,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-010-041","startDateTime":"1971-10-05T13:02:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-05T19:59:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Oct-1971","startTime":"9:02 AM","endDate":"5-Oct-1971","endTime":"3:59 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:02 am and 3:59 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-041 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 10-41\n\nDate: October 5, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:02 am and 3:59 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 585-6]\n\n     Request for a call to John M. Mitchell","filename":["010-041.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:24:53","tapeEnd":"01:25:01","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"010-040","nextCode":"010-042","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":6.28,"text":"Attorney General Mitchell, please."},{"start":6.34,"end":7.63,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an urgent communication with Attorney General John N. Mitchell. The brief exchange served as a logistical request to initiate a phone call between the two officials. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this specific interaction.","topics":["John N. Mitchell","White House operations","Presidential communication","Attorney General"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:06:21.951Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-n-mitchell","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","attorney-general"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"010-041.mp3","bytes":188080,"durationSec":7.77,"bitrate":193568,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.039Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/010-041.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/010-041","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/10/conversation-010-041","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}