{"conversationCode":"010-083","tapeNumber":10,"conversationNumber":83,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-010-083","startDateTime":"1971-10-06T18:09:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-06T18:09:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Oct-1971","startTime":"2:09 PM","endDate":"6-Oct-1971","endTime":"2:09 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:09 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-083 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. 10-83\n\nDate: October 6, 1971\nTime: 2:09 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked to the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 283-39]\n\n     Request for a call to William L. Safire","filename":["010-083.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:40:25","tapeEnd":"02:40:33","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"010-082","nextCode":"010-084","transcript":[{"start":2.63,"end":3.69,"text":"Please."},{"start":3.71,"end":4.48,"text":"Sapphire, please."},{"start":4.56,"end":5.11,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon requested that the White House operator place a call to his speechwriter, William L. Safire. This brief exchange served solely as a logistical directive to facilitate direct communication with a key staff member. No further substantive discussion took place between the President and the operator.","topics":["William L. Safire","White House operations","Speechwriting","Communication logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:10:02.018Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-l-safire","white-house-operations","speechwriting","communication-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"010-083.mp3","bytes":199992,"durationSec":8.28,"bitrate":193261,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.709Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/010-083.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/010-083","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/10/conversation-010-083","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}