{"conversationCode":"012-090","tapeNumber":12,"conversationNumber":90,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-012-090","startDateTime":"1971-10-23T01:13:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-23T01:18:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Oct-1971","startTime":"9:13 PM","endDate":"22-Oct-1971","endTime":"9:18 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 9:13 pm and 9:18 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-090 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. 012-090\n\nDate: October 22, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:13 pm and 9:18 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator..\n\n     John N. Mitchell's schedule","filename":["012-090.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:45:38","tapeEnd":"03:45:55","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"012-089","nextCode":"012-091","transcript":[{"start":0.13,"end":1.83,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":1.85,"end":7.26,"text":"Mr. President, the Attorney General is attending a dinner for the Republican women at the Washington Hilton."},{"start":7.28,"end":8.55,"text":"Do you want me to reach him right now?"},{"start":8.57,"end":8.95,"text":"No, no, no."},{"start":8.97,"end":9.49,"text":"He'll be home."},{"start":9.51,"end":10.71,"text":"They think about 11."},{"start":12.67,"end":14.28,"text":"I wouldn't bother."},{"start":14.29,"end":14.7,"text":"All right."},{"start":14.8,"end":15.68,"text":"Thank you very much."},{"start":15.7,"end":16,"text":"You're welcome."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to determine the whereabouts and schedule of Attorney General John N. Mitchell. Upon learning that Mitchell was attending a dinner engagement and expected to return home late, the President decided against interrupting him. No further action was taken regarding the communication.","topics":["John N. Mitchell","White House operations","Presidential scheduling","Attorney General"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:38:22.210Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-n-mitchell","white-house-operations","presidential-scheduling","attorney-general"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"012-090.mp3","bytes":422555,"durationSec":17.54,"bitrate":192778,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.040Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/012-090.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-090","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/12/conversation-012-090","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}