{"conversationCode":"011-043","tapeNumber":11,"conversationNumber":43,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-011-043","startDateTime":"1971-10-11T21:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-11T21:43:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Oct-1971","startTime":"5:43 PM","endDate":"11-Oct-1971","endTime":"5:43 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:43 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-043 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. 011-043\n\n Date: October 11, 1971\n Time: 5:43 pm\n Location: White House Telephone\n\n The President talked with the White House operator.\n\n        Henry A. Kissinger\n             -Cancellation of telephone call","filename":["011-043.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:03:52","tapeEnd":"01:04:10","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"011-042","nextCode":"011-044","transcript":[{"start":0.44,"end":1.96,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.98,"end":2.96,"text":"Mr. President."},{"start":2.98,"end":3.22,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":3.24,"end":4.15,"text":"Dr. Kissinger, sir."},{"start":4.19,"end":4.49,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":5.93,"end":6.43,"text":"He's hung up."},{"start":6.45,"end":8.36,"text":"Let me ring him."},{"start":8.38,"end":8.52,"text":"Hello."},{"start":8.54,"end":8.86,"text":"Hello."},{"start":9.62,"end":9.92,"text":"Just a minute."},{"start":9.94,"end":10.32,"text":"He's hung up."},{"start":10.7,"end":11.38,"text":"Dr. Kissinger?"},{"start":11.44,"end":11.59,"text":"No."},{"start":11.77,"end":11.91,"text":"No."},{"start":11.95,"end":13.25,"text":"He said to cancel that call."},{"start":13.27,"end":13.73,"text":"Okay."},{"start":13.75,"end":13.93,"text":"Fine."},{"start":14.07,"end":14.51,"text":"All right."},{"start":14.55,"end":15.15,"text":"I'm sorry."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon communicated with a White House operator regarding an attempt to reach National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. Upon being informed that Kissinger had disconnected, the President received confirmation that the call had been officially canceled. No further action was taken regarding the outreach.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House operations","communication logistics","telecommunications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:19:12.084Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-operations","communication-logistics","telecommunications"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"011-043.mp3","bytes":512995,"durationSec":15.91,"bitrate":257951,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.040Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:35.685Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/011-043.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-043","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/11/conversation-011-043","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}