{"conversationCode":"012-089","tapeNumber":12,"conversationNumber":89,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-012-089","startDateTime":"1971-10-23T01:13:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-23T01:13:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Oct-1971","startTime":"9:13 PM","endDate":"22-Oct-1971","endTime":"9:13 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:13 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-089 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. 012-089\n\nDate: October 22, 1971\nTime: 9:13 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for call to John N. Mitchell","filename":["012-089.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:45:32","tapeEnd":"03:45:38","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"012-088","nextCode":"012-090","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":4.46,"text":"General, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an urgent telephone call to Attorney General John N. Mitchell. The brief exchange served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the President and his Attorney General. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief request for a connection.","topics":["John N. Mitchell","Attorney General","White House communications","Richard M. Nixon"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:38:16.840Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-n-mitchell","attorney-general","white-house-communications","richard-m-nixon"],"audioDurationSec":4,"audioFiles":[{"file":"012-089.mp3","bytes":107205,"durationSec":4.41,"bitrate":194585,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.041Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:36.055Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/012-089.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-089","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/12/conversation-012-089","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}