{"conversationCode":"012-049","tapeNumber":12,"conversationNumber":49,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-012-049","startDateTime":"1971-10-21T21:42:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-21T21:42:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Oct-1971","startTime":"5:42 PM","endDate":"21-Oct-1971","endTime":"5:42 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 5:42 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-049 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. 012-049\n\nDate: October 21, 1971\nTime: 5:42 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 281-50]\n\n     Request for call to Rose Mary Woods\n\n                                                                               Conversation No.012-050\n\nDate: October 21, 1971\n\nTime: 5:42 pm- 5:43 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Rose Mary Woods.\n\n[See Conversation No. 281-51]\n\n     The President's speech\n          -Typographical error\n               -William H. Rehnquist's career\n                      -Assistant Attorney General\n               -Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["012-049.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:11:20","tapeEnd":"01:11:26","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"012-048","nextCode":"012-050","transcript":[{"start":2.83,"end":3.69,"text":"Miss Woods, please."},{"start":3.79,"end":4.42,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to be connected with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. Following the connection, Nixon discussed a typographical error in an upcoming speech. The conversation also touched upon the career of William H. Rehnquist, then serving as Assistant Attorney General, and included a brief mention of Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler.","topics":["Rose Mary Woods","William H. Rehnquist","Ronald L. Ziegler","Speechwriting","White House Administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:34:41.855Z"},"topicSlugs":["rose-mary-woods","william-h-rehnquist","ronald-l-ziegler","speechwriting","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"012-049.mp3","bytes":140433,"durationSec":5.8,"bitrate":193746,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.040Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/012-049.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-049","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/12/conversation-012-049","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}