{"conversationCode":"012-014","tapeNumber":12,"conversationNumber":14,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-012-014","startDateTime":"1971-10-20T20:49:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-20T21:33:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Oct-1971","startTime":"4:49 PM","endDate":"20-Oct-1971","endTime":"5:33 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 4:49 pm and 5:33 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-014 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. 012-014\n\nDate: October 20, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 4:49 pm and 5:33 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n     Telephone call from John N. Mitchell\n\n[This is the original beginning of conversation No. 012-015, which has been merged with\nconversation 012-014.]\n\nJohn N. Mitchell talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 282-30]\n\n     Supreme Court appointments\n          -Lewis F. Powell, Jr.\n                -Martin Luther King, Jr.\n                -Wiretapping\n          -Howard H. Baker, Jr.\n                -Knoxville, Tennessee\n          -William H. Rehnquist\n                -Robert H. Jackson\n          -Lawrence E. Walsh\n                -Previous conversation with Mitchell\n                -American Bar Association [ABA] Committee\n                      -Rejection of candidates\n                -Herschel H. Friday\n                -Mildred L. Lillie\n                -Possible letter form Walsh\n                      -Administration’s position\n                      -Possible press statement\n          -Press statement\n                -Baker\n                -Timing\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n                 -Rehnquist\n                       -Smith\n                 -Baker\n                 -Forthcoming announcement\n                       -Haldeman\n                 -Rehnquist\n                       -Smith\n                       -Powell\n                 -Timing\n                       -Ronald L. Ziegler\n                       -ABA","filename":["012-014.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:27:41","tapeEnd":"00:27:48","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"012-013","nextCode":"012-015","transcript":[{"start":1.06,"end":1.73,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.75,"end":3.7,"text":"Mr. President, I have the Attorney General."},{"start":3.72,"end":3.88,"text":"Alright."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Attorney General John N. Mitchell discuss the selection process for upcoming Supreme Court appointments. The conversation centers on evaluating potential candidates, including Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist, and Howard H. Baker, Jr., while addressing concerns regarding American Bar Association (ABA) feedback. They also coordinate the timing and strategy for public announcements and potential press statements regarding these judicial nominations.","topics":["Supreme Court appointments","John N. Mitchell","William H. Rehnquist","Lewis F. Powell, Jr.","American Bar Association","Judicial nominations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:31:35.068Z"},"topicSlugs":["supreme-court-appointments","john-n-mitchell","william-h-rehnquist","lewis-f-powell-jr","american-bar-association","judicial-nominations"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"012-014.mp3","bytes":188707,"durationSec":7.79,"bitrate":193892,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.041Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:36.042Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/012-014.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-014","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/12/conversation-012-014","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}