{"conversationCode":"012-107","tapeNumber":12,"conversationNumber":107,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-012-107","startDateTime":"1971-10-23T16:17:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-23T16:17:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Oct-1971","startTime":"12:17 PM","endDate":"23-Oct-1971","endTime":"12:17 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 12:17 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-107 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. 012-107\n\nDate: October 23, 1971\nTime: 12:17 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 601-18]\n\n     Request for call to John N. Mitchell","filename":["012-107.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:25:13","tapeEnd":"04:25:20","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"012-106","nextCode":"012-108","transcript":[{"start":0.74,"end":3.14,"text":"Attorney General, please."},{"start":3.3,"end":4.29,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a call through the White House operator to contact Attorney General John N. Mitchell. The brief exchange served as a logistical request to establish communication with the Attorney General. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this short operator-assisted connection.","topics":["John N. Mitchell","White House communications","Attorney General","telephone logs"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:39:53.052Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-n-mitchell","white-house-communications","attorney-general","telephone-logs"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"012-107.mp3","bytes":135417,"durationSec":5.59,"bitrate":193817,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.041Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:36.057Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/012-107.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-107","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/012/conversation-012-107","catalogNaId":417191717,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417191717","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}