{"conversationCode":"011-061","tapeNumber":11,"conversationNumber":61,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-011-061","startDateTime":"1971-10-12T15:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-12T17:32:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Oct-1971","startTime":"11:20 AM","endDate":"12-Oct-1971","endTime":"1:32 PM","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 11:20 am and 1:32 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-061 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. 011-061\n\n Date: October 12, 1971\n Time: Unknown between 11:20 am and 1:32 pm\n Location: White House Telephone\n\n The President talked with the White House operator.\n\n [See Conversation No. 588-12A]\n\n        Request for call to George Meany\n\nRichard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["011-061.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:31:19","tapeEnd":"01:31:27","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"011-060","nextCode":"011-062","transcript":[{"start":2.48,"end":4.85,"text":"Mr. Meany, please."},{"start":5.45,"end":6.08,"text":"George Meany."},{"start":6.1,"end":7.22,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to initiate a telephone call to AFL-CIO President George Meany. This brief exchange serves as the administrative coordination required to connect the President with the labor leader. The interaction reflects the President's active outreach to organized labor regarding his economic policies during this period.","topics":["George Meany","AFL-CIO","Labor relations","Presidential communication","Economic policy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:20:53.556Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-meany","afl-cio","labor-relations","presidential-communication","economic-policy"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"011-061.mp3","bytes":249678,"durationSec":7.67,"bitrate":260508,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.040Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:35.687Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/011-061.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-061","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/11/conversation-011-061","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}