{"conversationCode":"011-139","tapeNumber":11,"conversationNumber":139,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-011-139","startDateTime":"1971-10-19T21:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-19T21:08:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Oct-1971","startTime":"5:08 PM","endDate":"19-Oct-1971","endTime":"5:08 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 5:08 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-139 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. 011-139\n\n Date: October 19, 1971\n Time: 5:08 pm\n Location: White House Telephone\n\n The President talked with the White House operator.\n\n [See Conversation No. 292-12]\n\n        Request for call to Lewis F. Powell, Jr.","filename":["011-139.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:56:28","tapeEnd":"03:56:39","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"011-138","nextCode":"011-140","transcript":[{"start":0.15,"end":7.7,"text":"Do you try Mr. Paul Lewis Powell again in Virginia?"},{"start":7.78,"end":9.1,"text":"I think he's probably back in Richmond."},{"start":9.8,"end":10.01,"text":"All right."},{"start":10.03,"end":10.23,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a follow-up telephone call to Lewis F. Powell, Jr. at his residence in Richmond, Virginia. This outreach was part of the administration's efforts to coordinate with the future Supreme Court nominee. No further substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["Lewis F. Powell Jr.","Supreme Court nomination","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:28:05.969Z"},"topicSlugs":["lewis-f-powell-jr","supreme-court-nomination","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"011-139.mp3","bytes":347483,"durationSec":10.73,"bitrate":259148,"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/011-139.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-139","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/11/conversation-011-139","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}