{"conversationCode":"012-039","tapeNumber":12,"conversationNumber":39,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-012-039","startDateTime":"1971-10-21T17:57:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-21T17:57:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Oct-1971","startTime":"1:57 PM","endDate":"21-Oct-1971","endTime":"1:57 PM","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 1:57 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-039 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. 012-039\n\nDate: October 21, 1971\nTime: 1:57 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 281-36]\n\n     Request for call to Rose Mary Woods","filename":["012-039.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:08:42","tapeEnd":"01:08:47","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"012-038","nextCode":"012-040","transcript":[{"start":2.9,"end":3.88,"text":"Swords please."},{"start":3.9,"end":4.78,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request a telephone connection with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. This brief communication served as an administrative bridge to facilitate a subsequent conversation between the President and Woods. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this exchange.","topics":["Rose Mary Woods","White House administration","Communications","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:33:49.192Z"},"topicSlugs":["rose-mary-woods","white-house-administration","communications","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"012-039.mp3","bytes":137298,"durationSec":5.66,"bitrate":194117,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.041Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:36.046Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/012-039.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-039","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/12/conversation-012-039","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}