{"conversationCode":"011-142","tapeNumber":11,"conversationNumber":142,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-011-142","startDateTime":"1971-10-19T21:27:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-19T21:38:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Oct-1971","startTime":"5:27 PM","endDate":"19-Oct-1971","endTime":"5:38 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 5:27 pm and 5:38 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-142 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. 011-142\n\n Date: October 19, 1971\n Time: Unknown between 5:27 pm and 5:38 pm\n Location: White House Telephone\n\n The President talked with the White House operator.\n\n [See Conversation No. 292-17]\n\n        Request for call to John N. Mitchell\n\nRichard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["011-142.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:15:30","tapeEnd":"04:15:44","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"011-141","nextCode":"011-143","transcript":[{"start":0.94,"end":4.9,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":5.38,"end":6.4,"text":"Attorney General, please."},{"start":6.44,"end":7.73,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a direct phone call to Attorney General John N. Mitchell. The brief exchange served as a logistical request to initiate this high-level communication. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this connection beyond the request to facilitate the conversation.","topics":["John N. Mitchell","Attorney General","White House operations","Communications management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:28:21.967Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-n-mitchell","attorney-general","white-house-operations","communications-management"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"011-142.mp3","bytes":477048,"durationSec":14.79,"bitrate":258088,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.040Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:35.697Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/011-142.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-142","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/11/conversation-011-142","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}