{"conversationCode":"011-013","tapeNumber":11,"conversationNumber":13,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-011-013","startDateTime":"1971-10-08T00:58:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-08T01:03:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Oct-1971","startTime":"8:58 PM","endDate":"7-Oct-1971","endTime":"9:03 PM","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 8:58 pm and 9:03 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-013 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. 011-013\n\n Date: October 7, 1971\n Time: Unknown between 8:58 pm and 9:03 pm\n Location: White House Telephone\n\n The President talked with the White House operator.\n\n        H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman's schedule\n\nRichard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["011-013.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:18:57","tapeEnd":"00:19:11","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"011-012","nextCode":"011-014","transcript":[{"start":1.2,"end":1.58,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":2.08,"end":7.66,"text":"Mr. Haldeman is in a concert at the center, and it will be difficult to reach him."},{"start":7.68,"end":8.46,"text":"Oh, don't bother."},{"start":8.48,"end":9.35,"text":"Skip it."},{"start":9.47,"end":11.05,"text":"Can he call you when he gets home?"},{"start":11.09,"end":11.46,"text":"No, no."},{"start":11.56,"end":12.06,"text":"Skip it."},{"start":12.08,"end":12.4,"text":"All right."},{"start":12.42,"end":14.23,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a call to reach H. R. Haldeman regarding his personal schedule but rescinded the request upon learning that Haldeman was attending a concert. The President instructed the operator not to interrupt him or facilitate a return call, effectively canceling the effort to reach his Chief of Staff. This brief interaction concludes without any substantive policy discussion or administrative action.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","Presidential schedule","White House operations","communication protocol"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:16:28.734Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","presidential-schedule","white-house-operations","communication-protocol"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"011-013.mp3","bytes":457824,"durationSec":14.18,"bitrate":258208,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.040Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:35.681Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/011-013.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-013","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/11/conversation-011-013","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}