{"conversationCode":"010-085","tapeNumber":10,"conversationNumber":85,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-010-085","startDateTime":"1971-10-06T18:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-06T18:50:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Oct-1971","startTime":"2:50 PM","endDate":"6-Oct-1971","endTime":"2:50 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 2:50 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-085 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. 10-85\n\nDate: October 6, 1971\nTime: 2:50 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 283-43]\n\n     Request for a call to Alexander P. Butterfield","filename":["010-085.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:42:07","tapeEnd":"02:42:15","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"010-084","nextCode":"010-086","transcript":[{"start":3.66,"end":5.52,"text":"Waterfield, please."},{"start":5.68,"end":6.63,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Alexander P. Butterfield. The brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to initiate communication with a staff member. No further policy or substantive matters were discussed during this specific call.","topics":["Alexander P. Butterfield","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:10:12.866Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-p-butterfield","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"010-085.mp3","bytes":189334,"durationSec":7.83,"bitrate":193432,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.709Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/010-085.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/010-085","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/10/conversation-010-085","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}