{"conversationCode":"012-099","tapeNumber":12,"conversationNumber":99,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-012-099","startDateTime":"1971-10-23T12:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-23T13:44:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Oct-1971","startTime":"8:30 AM","endDate":"23-Oct-1971","endTime":"9:44 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:30 am and 9:44 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-099 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. 012-099\n\nDate: October 23, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:30 am and 9:44 am\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 601-7A]\n\n     Request for call to Charles W. Sandman. Jr.","filename":["012-099.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:55:48","tapeEnd":"03:56:00","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"012-098","nextCode":"012-100","transcript":[{"start":6.22,"end":11.71,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to U.S. Representative Charles W. Sandman, Jr. The primary purpose of this brief exchange was to facilitate communication between the President and the congressman. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this initial connection phase.","topics":["White House communications","Charles W. Sandman Jr.","presidential scheduling","administrative procedures"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:39:10.412Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","charles-w-sandman-jr","presidential-scheduling","administrative-procedures"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"012-099.mp3","bytes":308452,"durationSec":12.78,"bitrate":193020,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.041Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:36.056Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/012-099.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-099","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/12/conversation-012-099","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}