{"conversationCode":"011-137","tapeNumber":11,"conversationNumber":137,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-011-137","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 011-137 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. 11-137\n\nDate: October 19, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:44 pm and 3:00 pm\n                                              80\n\n                          NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF\n\n                                       Tape Subject Log\n                                         (rev. 10/06)\n\n\n\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 292-6]\n\n     Lewis F. Powell, Jr.'s schedule\n\n     Request for John N. Mitchell","filename":["011-137.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:50:55","tapeEnd":"03:51:06","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"011-136","nextCode":"011-138","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":5.35,"text":"Mr. President, Mr. Lewis Powell checked out this AM, left no forwarding."},{"start":5.95,"end":7.03,"text":"Oh, he left out."},{"start":7.17,"end":8.56,"text":"All right, get me the Attorney General."},{"start":8.74,"end":9.72,"text":"All right, sir, thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to locate Lewis F. Powell, Jr. following reports that he had checked out of his current location. Upon learning that Powell could not be reached, the President directed the operator to connect him with Attorney General John N. Mitchell. The brief exchange reflects ongoing efforts to manage the scheduling and communication surrounding the potential Supreme Court nominee.","topics":["Lewis F. Powell Jr.","John N. Mitchell","Supreme Court nomination","White House operations","Personnel management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:27:54.986Z"},"topicSlugs":["lewis-f-powell-jr","john-n-mitchell","supreme-court-nomination","white-house-operations","personnel-management"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"011-137.mp3","bytes":384263,"durationSec":11.88,"bitrate":258844,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.040Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/011-137.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-137","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/11/conversation-011-137","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}