{"conversationCode":"010-114","tapeNumber":10,"conversationNumber":114,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-010-114","startDateTime":"1971-10-07T14:24:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-07T14:32:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Oct-1971","startTime":"10:24 AM","endDate":"7-Oct-1971","endTime":"10:32 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:24 am and 10:32 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-114 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. 10-114\n\nDate: October 7, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:24 am and 10:32 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 285-13]\n\n     John B. Connally's schedule\n          -Testimony before Congress","filename":["010-114.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:31:03","tapeEnd":"03:31:32","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"010-113","nextCode":"010-115","transcript":[{"start":1.3,"end":5.14,"text":"Mr. President, Secretary Connolly is testifying on the Hill."},{"start":5.16,"end":6.22,"text":"Oh, don't bother him, don't bother him."},{"start":6.24,"end":7.5,"text":"May I leave word at the office?"},{"start":7.76,"end":11.31,"text":"Tell him not to step out or anything, but there's no hurry."},{"start":11.61,"end":12.81,"text":"I should leave word over there?"},{"start":13.17,"end":14.03,"text":"At his convenience."},{"start":14.05,"end":14.37,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":14.59,"end":15.01,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":15.03,"end":15.59,"text":"No, I'll tell you."},{"start":15.71,"end":16.05,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":16.13,"end":25.92,"text":"No, don't have him call me because I'm going to be out quite a bit and tell him it's not important and that, I mean, it's not urgent and that I'll just call him later in the day maybe or tomorrow."},{"start":26.06,"end":27.57,"text":"I'll leave word to the Secretary then."},{"start":28.17,"end":28.37,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to contact Secretary of the Treasury John B. Connally, who was currently testifying before Congress. Nixon emphasized that the message was not urgent and explicitly directed the operator not to interrupt the Secretary's testimony or require an immediate callback. The President decided to postpone the communication until later in the day or the following day to avoid disrupting Connally's official duties.","topics":["John B. Connally","Congressional testimony","White House communications","Scheduling","Treasury Department"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:12:52.885Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-b-connally","congressional-testimony","white-house-communications","scheduling","treasury-department"],"audioDurationSec":30,"audioFiles":[{"file":"010-114.mp3","bytes":724113,"durationSec":30.11,"bitrate":192409,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.040Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/010-114.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/010-114","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/10/conversation-010-114","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}