{"conversationCode":"011-136","tapeNumber":11,"conversationNumber":136,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-011-136","startDateTime":"1971-10-19T17:44:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-19T19:00:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Oct-1971","startTime":"1:44 PM","endDate":"19-Oct-1971","endTime":"3:00 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 1:44 pm and 3:00 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-136 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. 011-136\n\n Date: October 19, 1971\n Time: Unknown between 1:44 pm and 3:00 pm\n\nRichard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n Location: White House Telephone\n\n The President talked with the White House operator.\n\n [See Conversation No. 292-4]\n\n        Request for call to Lewis F. Powell, Jr.\n\n        Powell's schedule\n            -New York\n                   -Waldorf","filename":["011-136.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:50:39","tapeEnd":"03:50:55","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"011-135","nextCode":"011-137","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":4.52,"text":"Thank you, sir."},{"start":7.07,"end":16.25,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Lewis F. Powell, Jr. The discussion centered on identifying Powell's current whereabouts and confirming his availability at the Waldorf in New York. This administrative outreach was a preparatory step for the President to initiate direct communication with the future Supreme Court nominee.","topics":["Lewis F. Powell Jr.","Supreme Court nomination","White House communications","scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:27:49.704Z"},"topicSlugs":["lewis-f-powell-jr","supreme-court-nomination","white-house-communications","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"011-136.mp3","bytes":537236,"durationSec":16.67,"bitrate":257898,"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/011-136.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-136","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/11/conversation-011-136","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}