{"conversationCode":"012-104","tapeNumber":12,"conversationNumber":104,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-012-104","startDateTime":"1971-10-23T15:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-23T15:53:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Oct-1971","startTime":"11:43 AM","endDate":"23-Oct-1971","endTime":"11:53 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]; White House operator;","description":"On October 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:43 am and 11:53 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-104 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. 012-104\n\nDate: October 23, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:43 am and 11:53 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nThe President conferred with an unknown person.\n\n[See Conversation No. 601-13]\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon","filename":["012-104.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:10:20","tapeEnd":"04:10:29","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]","White House operator"],"prevCode":"012-103","nextCode":"012-105","transcript":[{"start":0.23,"end":1.46,"text":"Vote with us."},{"start":3.37,"end":4.31,"text":"Please."},{"start":4.33,"end":4.85,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":5.13,"end":6.36,"text":"Could you get Mrs. Nixon, please?"},{"start":6.8,"end":7.44,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":7.46,"end":7.98,"text":"Mrs. Nixon."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone exchange, first speaking with an unidentified individual regarding an appeal for support or a vote. Following this, he requests the White House operator to connect him to First Lady Pat Nixon. The call serves as a routine administrative request to facilitate communication with his wife.","topics":["Pat Nixon","White House operations","Presidential communication","Administrative requests"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:39:36.834Z"},"topicSlugs":["pat-nixon","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","administrative-requests"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"012-104.mp3","bytes":221308,"durationSec":9.15,"bitrate":193569,"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/012-104.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-104","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/12/conversation-012-104","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}