{"conversationCode":"011-102","tapeNumber":11,"conversationNumber":102,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-011-102","startDateTime":"1971-10-17T20:23:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-17T21:52:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Oct-1971","startTime":"4:23 PM","endDate":"17-Oct-1971","endTime":"5:52 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:23 pm and 5:52 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-102 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. 011-102\n\n Date: October 17, 1971\n Time: Unknown between 4:23 pm and 5:52 pm\n Location: White House Telephone\n\n The President talked with the White House operator.\n\n [See Conversation No. 290-2]\n\n        Request for call to Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["011-102.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:40:52","tapeEnd":"02:41:00","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"011-101","nextCode":"011-103","transcript":[{"start":0.44,"end":1.54,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":1.56,"end":3.23,"text":"Would you get Dr. Kissinger?"},{"start":3.29,"end":4.2,"text":"He's in Hawaii."},{"start":4.39,"end":5.16,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":5.18,"end":6.34,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. Upon learning that Kissinger was currently in Hawaii, the President acknowledged the information and awaited the connection. This brief exchange served as a routine procedural step to facilitate communication between the President and his top foreign policy advisor regarding ongoing diplomatic matters.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","Communication","White House Operations","Diplomacy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:24:44.764Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","communication","white-house-operations","diplomacy"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"011-102.mp3","bytes":237140,"durationSec":7.28,"bitrate":260629,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.040Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:35.692Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/011-102.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-102","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/11/conversation-011-102","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}