{"conversationCode":"011-109","tapeNumber":11,"conversationNumber":109,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-011-109","startDateTime":"1971-10-18T18:24:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-18T20:56:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Oct-1971","startTime":"2:24 PM","endDate":"18-Oct-1971","endTime":"4:56 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:24 pm and 4:56 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-109 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 11-109 originally began here but has been merged with conversation 11 -108.]\n\n The President talked with the White House operator.\n\n [See Conversation No. 291-11A]\n\n        Request for call to Lewis F. Powell, Jr. for John N. Mitchell\n\n                                                                                 Conversation No. 011-110\n\n Date: October 18, 1971\n Time: Unknown between 2:24 pm and 4:56 pm\n Location: White House Telephone\n\n The White House operator talked with John N. Mitchell.\n\n [See Conversation No. 291-11B]\n\n        Lewis F. Powell, Jr.'s schedule\n             -New York\n                  -Waldorf","filename":["011-109.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:13:09","tapeEnd":"03:13:24","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"011-108","nextCode":"011-110","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":6.57,"text":"Would you get me an attorney, Mr. Lewis Powell, P-O-W-E-L-L, in Richmond, Virginia?"},{"start":6.61,"end":8.15,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":8.17,"end":9.5,"text":"It's for the Attorney General."},{"start":10,"end":11.76,"text":"Attorney General Mitchell will talk to him."},{"start":12,"end":13.13,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":13.15,"end":13.45,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":13.47,"end":13.67,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to place a call to Richmond-based attorney Lewis F. Powell, Jr. on behalf of Attorney General John N. Mitchell. The conversation serves to facilitate communication between the administration and the prospective Supreme Court nominee regarding his current travel schedule. This action reflects the coordination efforts undertaken by the White House to manage judicial appointment logistics.","topics":["Lewis F. Powell Jr.","John N. Mitchell","Supreme Court nomination","White House logistics","judicial appointments"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:25:24.318Z"},"topicSlugs":["lewis-f-powell-jr","john-n-mitchell","supreme-court-nomination","white-house-logistics","judicial-appointments"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"011-109.mp3","bytes":463676,"durationSec":14.37,"bitrate":258199,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.040Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/011-109.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-109","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/11/conversation-011-109","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}