{"conversationCode":"012-008","tapeNumber":12,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-012-008","startDateTime":"1971-10-20T19:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-20T19:43:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Oct-1971","startTime":"3:43 PM","endDate":"20-Oct-1971","endTime":"3:43 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 3:43 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-008 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. 012-008\n\nDate: October 20, 1971\nTime: 3:43 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 282-16]\n\n     John N. Mitchell's schedule\n","filename":["012-008.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:16:52","tapeEnd":"00:17:09","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"012-007","nextCode":"012-009","transcript":[{"start":1.31,"end":1.9,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":2.1,"end":4.58,"text":"Mr. President, the Attorney General that you were asking for."},{"start":4.88,"end":5.11,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":5.51,"end":6.29,"text":"He's in his car."},{"start":6.37,"end":8.5,"text":"He's due back in the office about a half an hour."},{"start":8.88,"end":10.04,"text":"Could I reach him in the car for you?"},{"start":10.24,"end":10.88,"text":"No."},{"start":10.9,"end":11.99,"text":"I'll talk to him when he gets back."},{"start":12.09,"end":13.31,"text":"May I leave word in the office for him?"},{"start":13.43,"end":13.65,"text":"Yep."},{"start":13.83,"end":14.39,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate contact with Attorney General John N. Mitchell regarding a scheduling matter. Upon learning that Mitchell was currently in transit, the President opted to wait until Mitchell returned to his office rather than contacting him via his vehicle. Nixon instructed the operator to leave a message at the Attorney General's office to coordinate the subsequent conversation.","topics":["John N. Mitchell","White House operations","Communication logistics","Attorney General"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:31:03.046Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-n-mitchell","white-house-operations","communication-logistics","attorney-general"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"012-008.mp3","bytes":396224,"durationSec":16.44,"bitrate":192842,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.041Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:36.041Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/012-008.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/012/conversation-012-008","catalogNaId":417191533,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417191533","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}