{"conversationCode":"011-116","tapeNumber":11,"conversationNumber":116,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-011-116","startDateTime":"1971-10-18T21:21:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-18T21:24:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Oct-1971","startTime":"5:21 PM","endDate":"18-Oct-1971","endTime":"5:24 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 5:21 pm and 5:24 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-116 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. 011-116\n\n Date: October 18, 1971\n Time: Unknown between 5:21 pm and 5:24 pm\n Location: White House Telephone\n\n The President talked with the White House operator.\n\n [See Conversation No. 291-16]\n\n        Request for call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon","filename":["011-116.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:17:12","tapeEnd":"03:17:25","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"011-115","nextCode":"011-117","transcript":[{"start":4.28,"end":4.59,"text":"Hello."},{"start":5.52,"end":6.55,"text":"Mrs. Nixon, please."},{"start":6.67,"end":7.56,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call to the White House operator to be connected with First Lady Pat Nixon. The primary objective of the communication is to establish a direct line for a personal conversation with his wife. No substantive political or administrative matters are addressed during this brief exchange.","topics":["Pat Nixon","White House communications","Personal correspondence"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:26:01.845Z"},"topicSlugs":["pat-nixon","white-house-communications","personal-correspondence"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"011-116.mp3","bytes":414356,"durationSec":12.83,"bitrate":258286,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.040Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:35.694Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/011-116.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-116","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/11/conversation-011-116","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}