{"conversationCode":"011-052","tapeNumber":11,"conversationNumber":52,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-011-052","startDateTime":"1971-10-12T13:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-12T13:58:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Oct-1971","startTime":"9:20 AM","endDate":"12-Oct-1971","endTime":"9:58 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 9:20 am and 9:58 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-052 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. 011-052\n\n Date: October 12, 1971\n Time: Unknown between 9:20 am and 9:58 am\n Location: White House Telephone\n\n The President talked with the White House operator.\n\n [See Conversation No. 288-11A]\n\n        Request for call to George Meany for Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["011-052.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:19:32","tapeEnd":"01:19:50","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"011-051","nextCode":"011-053","transcript":[{"start":6.44,"end":10.58,"text":"Would you get Mr. George Meany for Dr. Kissinger?"},{"start":10.66,"end":14.07,"text":"Tell him it's, we know he's busy, but it's a very urgent call."},{"start":14.09,"end":15.11,"text":"I'll have to take it right away."},{"start":15.39,"end":16.18,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":16.2,"end":17.38,"text":"And is Dr. Kissinger here?"},{"start":17.62,"end":18.86,"text":"Dr. Kissinger's at this phone."},{"start":18.95,"end":19.41,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to facilitate an urgent telephone call between AFL-CIO President George Meany and National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. Nixon emphasized the importance of the contact, explicitly stating that he needed to be patched through to the conversation immediately. This coordination reflects the administration's priority to establish direct communication with organized labor leadership during a period of complex domestic and international policy challenges.","topics":["George Meany","Henry Kissinger","Labor relations","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:20:00.232Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-meany","henry-kissinger","labor-relations","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"011-052.mp3","bytes":678507,"durationSec":21.09,"bitrate":257433,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.709Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:35.686Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/011-052.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-052","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/011/conversation-011-052","catalogNaId":417190001,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417190001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}