{"conversationCode":"011-160","tapeNumber":11,"conversationNumber":160,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-011-160","startDateTime":"1971-10-20T14:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-20T18:23:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Oct-1971","startTime":"10:35 AM","endDate":"20-Oct-1971","endTime":"2:23 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:35 am and 2:23 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-160 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. 011-160\n\n Date: October 20, 1971\n Time: Unknown between 10:35 am and 2:23 pm\n Location: White House Telephone\n\n The President talked with the White House operator.\n\n [See Conversation No. 282-2]\n\n        The President's schedule\n             -Attorney General","filename":["011-160.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:10:59","tapeEnd":"05:11:17","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"011-159","nextCode":"011-161","transcript":[{"start":0.05,"end":4.46,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":4.47,"end":12.13,"text":"If the Attorney General calls, I'm expecting a call, but I will be tied up till 1 o'clock."},{"start":12.33,"end":12.89,"text":"Till 1."},{"start":13.07,"end":16.81,"text":"So would you just hold the call till then, okay?"},{"start":16.83,"end":16.99,"text":"Yes, Mr."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to manage an incoming call from the Attorney General due to his busy schedule. He specified that he would be unavailable until 1:00 p.m. and directed the operator to hold the communication until that time. This brief exchange served to coordinate the President's availability for a pending high-level discussion.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Attorney General","White House operations","communication management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:29:59.083Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","attorney-general","white-house-operations","communication-management"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"011-160.mp3","bytes":585720,"durationSec":18.19,"bitrate":257626,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.040Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:35.699Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/011-160.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-160","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/11/conversation-011-160","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}