{"conversationCode":"012-075","tapeNumber":12,"conversationNumber":75,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-012-075","startDateTime":"1971-10-22T01:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-22T01:47:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Oct-1971","startTime":"9:45 PM","endDate":"21-Oct-1971","endTime":"9:47 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 9:45 pm and 9:47 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-075 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. 012-075\n\nDate: October 21, 1971\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nTime: Unknown between 9:45 pm and 9:47 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n     Ronald L. Ziegler's schedule\n          -British embassy","filename":["012-075.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:44:40","tapeEnd":"02:44:47","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"012-074","nextCode":"012-076","transcript":[{"start":0.23,"end":2.42,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":2.44,"end":7.01,"text":"I find Mr. Ziegler's at the British Embassy, shall I reach him there?"},{"start":7.03,"end":7.09,"text":"No."},{"start":7.11,"end":7.49,"text":"Okay, alright then."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator not to connect him with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler, who was currently attending an event at the British Embassy. The exchange served as a brief administrative update regarding the President's attempt to locate and communicate with his press secretary. No further action was taken regarding the call.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","British Embassy","White House communications","administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:37:00.391Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","british-embassy","white-house-communications","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"012-075.mp3","bytes":181184,"durationSec":7.49,"bitrate":193570,"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/012-075.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-075","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/12/conversation-012-075","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}