{"conversationCode":"012-074","tapeNumber":12,"conversationNumber":74,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-012-074","startDateTime":"1971-10-22T01:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-22T01:45:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Oct-1971","startTime":"9:45 PM","endDate":"21-Oct-1971","endTime":"9:45 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 9:45 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-074 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. 012-074\n\nDate: October 21, 1971\nTime: 9:45 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["012-074.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:44:33","tapeEnd":"02:44:40","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"012-073","nextCode":"012-075","transcript":[{"start":0.15,"end":6.7,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. This interaction serves as a brief administrative bridge to initiate further communication with his press office. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this specific exchange.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House communications","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:36:55.148Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"012-074.mp3","bytes":161122,"durationSec":6.66,"bitrate":193577,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.041Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:36.052Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/012-074.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-074","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/12/conversation-012-074","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}