{"conversationCode":"012-027","tapeNumber":12,"conversationNumber":27,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-012-027","startDateTime":"1971-10-21T13:33:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-21T13:33:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Oct-1971","startTime":"9:33 AM","endDate":"21-Oct-1971","endTime":"9:33 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:33 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-027 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. 012-027\n\nDate: October 21, 1971\nTime: 9:33 am\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. 012-028, which has been merged with\nconversation 012-027.]\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nJohn N. Mitchell talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 281-7]\n\n     Supreme Court appointments\n          -Howard H. Baker, Jr.\n              -The President’s decision\n                    -Options\n              -Law school record\n                    -Lewis F. Powell, Jr.\n              -The President's and Mitchell's views\n                    -William H. Rehnquist\n                          -Law school record\n                          -Qualifications\n                    -Baker","filename":["012-027.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:46:07","tapeEnd":"00:46:11","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"012-026","nextCode":"012-028","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":3.78,"text":"The President, the Attorney General calling."},{"start":3.92,"end":4.02,"text":"Yeah."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon received a brief notification from the White House operator regarding an incoming telephone call from Attorney General John N. Mitchell. The exchange served as a logistical connection to facilitate immediate communication between the President and the Attorney General. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this initial contact.","topics":["John N. Mitchell","White House operations","Presidential communication","Attorney General"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:32:45.429Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-n-mitchell","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","attorney-general"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"012-027.mp3","bytes":120998,"durationSec":4.97,"bitrate":194821,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.040Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:36.044Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/012-027.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-027","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/12/conversation-012-027","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}