{"conversationCode":"012-054","tapeNumber":12,"conversationNumber":54,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-012-054","startDateTime":"1971-10-21T22:24:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-21T22:36:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Oct-1971","startTime":"6:24 PM","endDate":"21-Oct-1971","endTime":"6:36 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 6:24 pm and 6:36 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-054 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. 012-054\n\nDate: October 21, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 6:24 pm and 6:36 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 281-60]\n\n     Request for call to Rose Mary Woods","filename":["012-054.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:29:20","tapeEnd":"01:29:26","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"012-053","nextCode":"012-055","transcript":[{"start":2.65,"end":3.58,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.6,"end":4.33,"text":"Swords, please."},{"start":4.49,"end":5.3,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to place a telephone call to his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods. The conversation serves solely as an administrative coordination to facilitate direct communication with a key staff member. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief exchange.","topics":["Rose Mary Woods","White House operations","Administrative coordination","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:35:08.126Z"},"topicSlugs":["rose-mary-woods","white-house-operations","administrative-coordination","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"012-054.mp3","bytes":149210,"durationSec":6.15,"bitrate":194115,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.041Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/012-054.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-054","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/12/conversation-012-054","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}