{"conversationCode":"012-043","tapeNumber":12,"conversationNumber":43,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-012-043","startDateTime":"1971-10-21T19:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-21T19:58:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Oct-1971","startTime":"3:54 PM","endDate":"21-Oct-1971","endTime":"3:58 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 3:54 pm and 3:58 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-043 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. 012-043\n\nDate: October 21, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:54 pm and 3:58 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 281-47A]\n\n     Rose Mary Woods’ schedule\n          -Executive Office Building [EOB]","filename":["012-043.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:09:47","tapeEnd":"01:09:57","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"012-042","nextCode":"012-044","transcript":[{"start":2.93,"end":4.58,"text":"Sit down."},{"start":4.6,"end":5.1,"text":"Yes, P.S."},{"start":5.72,"end":7.29,"text":"Have Miss Woods come to the EOB."},{"start":7.75,"end":8.76,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to contact his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, and direct her to report to his office in the Executive Office Building. This brief administrative communication served to coordinate Nixon's schedule and ensure Woods' immediate presence for assistance. No other policy or political matters were discussed during this short exchange.","topics":["Rose Mary Woods","Executive Office Building","Administrative coordination","Presidential schedule"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:34:10.279Z"},"topicSlugs":["rose-mary-woods","executive-office-building","administrative-coordination","presidential-schedule"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"012-043.mp3","bytes":252655,"durationSec":10.46,"bitrate":193175,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.040Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:36.047Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/012-043.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-043","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/12/conversation-012-043","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}