{"conversationCode":"011-050","tapeNumber":11,"conversationNumber":50,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-011-050","startDateTime":"1971-10-12T12:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-12T13:19:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Oct-1971","startTime":"8:46 AM","endDate":"12-Oct-1971","endTime":"9:19 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:46 am and 9:19 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-050 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. 011-050\n\n Date: October 12, 1971\n Time: Unknown between 8:46 am and 9:19 am\n Location: White House Telephone\n\n The President talked with the White House operator.\n\n [See Conversation No. 288-9]\n\nRichard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n        Request for call to Patrick J. Buchanan","filename":["011-050.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:18:39","tapeEnd":"01:18:49","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"011-049","nextCode":"011-051","transcript":[{"start":0.35,"end":4.53,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":4.89,"end":5.67,"text":"Buchanan, please."},{"start":6.19,"end":6.71,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":6.74,"end":8,"text":"Buchanan, Hackel."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to connect him with speechwriter and political aide Patrick J. Buchanan. The call served as a brief administrative request to initiate communication with a key staff member. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this short exchange.","topics":["Patrick J. Buchanan","White House communications","Presidential scheduling","Administrative request"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:19:49.773Z"},"topicSlugs":["patrick-j-buchanan","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling","administrative-request"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"011-050.mp3","bytes":310700,"durationSec":9.58,"bitrate":259343,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.040Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:35.686Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/011-050.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-050","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/11/conversation-011-050","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}