{"conversationCode":"011-132","tapeNumber":11,"conversationNumber":132,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-011-132","startDateTime":"1971-10-19T16:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-19T17:26:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Oct-1971","startTime":"12:54 PM","endDate":"19-Oct-1971","endTime":"1:26 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:54 pm and 1:26 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-132 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. 011-132\n\n Date: October 19, 1971\n Time: Unknown between 12:54 pm and 1:26 pm\n Location: White House Telephone\n\n The President talked with the White House operator.\n\n        Request for call to John N. Mitchell\n\n [Conversation 11-133 originally began here but has been merged with conversation 11-132.]\n\n The President talked with John N. Mitchell.\n\n [See Conversation No. 596-18]\n\n        Supreme Court appointment\n             -Howard H. Baker, Jr.\n                   -Finances\n                   -Joy Baker\n             -Salary and benefits\n                   -William O. Douglas\n\nRichard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n                    -Speeches\n              -Lewis F. Powell, Jr.\n                    -Health\n                    -John M. Harlan\n              -Baker\n              -Powell\n                    -Mitchell’s forthcoming conversation\n                    -Possible presidential involvement\n                    -Health\n                    -Possible acceptance\n              -Baker\n              -Mildred L. Lillie\n              -William H. Mulligan\n                    -Age\n                    -Fordham Law School\n                          -Dean\n                    -Robert H. Abplanalp\n                    -John A. (“Jack”) Mulcahy\n                    -Warren E. Burger\n              -Baker\n                    -Robert C. Byrd, Richard H. Poff\n                    -Law practice\n                    -Contrasted with Poff\n                          -Residence\n                                -Knoxville compared to Lynchburg\n              -Mulligan\n              -Powell\n                    -Possible conversation with the President\n              -Possible selections\n                    -Mulligan and Powell\n                    -Baker and Mulligan\n\nRichard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["011-132.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:34:19","tapeEnd":"03:34:28","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"011-131","nextCode":"011-133","transcript":[{"start":0.2,"end":4.72,"text":"Attorney General."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to connect him with Attorney General John N. Mitchell. The call served as a routine administrative request to facilitate a direct line of communication between the President and the Attorney General. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief exchange.","topics":["John N. Mitchell","Communication","Administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:27:28.455Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-n-mitchell","communication","administration"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"011-132.mp3","bytes":340796,"durationSec":10.54,"bitrate":258782,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.040Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:35.696Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/011-132.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-132","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/11/conversation-011-132","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}