{"conversationCode":"011-046","tapeNumber":11,"conversationNumber":46,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-011-046","startDateTime":"1971-10-11T21:56:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-12T01:26:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Oct-1971","startTime":"5:56 PM","endDate":"11-Oct-1971","endTime":"9:26 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 5:56 pm and 9:26 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-046 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. 011-046\n\n Date: October 11, 1971\n Time: Unknown between 5:56 pm and 9:26 pm\n Location: White House Telephone\n\n The President talked with the White House operator.\n\nRichard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n [See Conversation No. 288-1]\n\n        Request for call to Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["011-046.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:05:11","tapeEnd":"01:05:19","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"011-045","nextCode":"011-047","transcript":[{"start":2.68,"end":4.06,"text":"Dr. Kissinger, please."},{"start":4.1,"end":5.43,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone request to the White House operator to be connected with his National Security Advisor, Henry A. Kissinger. This interaction serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate a high-level consultation between the President and his advisor. No policy decisions or substantive matters are addressed during this administrative exchange.","topics":["Henry A. Kissinger","Presidential communications","White House operations","National Security"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:19:27.549Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-a-kissinger","presidential-communications","white-house-operations","national-security"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"011-046.mp3","bytes":218749,"durationSec":6.71,"bitrate":260844,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.039Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:35.685Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/011-046.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-046","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/11/conversation-011-046","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}