{"conversationCode":"012-024","tapeNumber":12,"conversationNumber":24,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-012-024","startDateTime":"1971-10-20T22:11:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-20T22:17:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Oct-1971","startTime":"6:11 PM","endDate":"20-Oct-1971","endTime":"6:17 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 6:11 pm and 6:17 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-024 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. 012-024\n\nDate: October 20, 1971\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nTime: Unknown between 6:11 pm and 6:17 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 282-41]\n\n     Request for call to John N. Mitchell","filename":["012-024.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:40:27","tapeEnd":"00:40:34","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"012-023","nextCode":"012-025","transcript":[{"start":2,"end":4.39,"text":"Attorney General, please."},{"start":4.41,"end":4.79,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request to speak with Attorney General John N. Mitchell through the White House operator. This brief interaction serves as a routine administrative coordination to facilitate direct communication between the President and the Department of Justice. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this specific connection.","topics":["John N. Mitchell","White House communications","Attorney General","Administrative coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:32:29.342Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-n-mitchell","white-house-communications","attorney-general","administrative-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"012-024.mp3","bytes":161749,"durationSec":6.66,"bitrate":194184,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.041Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:36.043Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/012-024.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-024","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/12/conversation-012-024","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}