{"conversationCode":"012-108","tapeNumber":12,"conversationNumber":108,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-012-108","startDateTime":"1971-10-25T16:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-25T16:15:00.000Z","startDate":"25-Oct-1971","startTime":"12:10 PM","endDate":"25-Oct-1971","endTime":"12:15 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 25, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:10 pm and 12:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-108 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. 012-108\n\nDate: October 25, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:10 PM and 12:15 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 601-27]\n\n     Request for call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n\n[This is the original beginning of conversation No. 012-109, which has been merged with\nconversation 012-108.]\n\nThe President talked with Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n\n[See Conversation No. 601-28]\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Telephone call from William P. Rogers\n                -Possible topic\n                -United Nations (UN)\n          -India-Pakistan\n          -UN vote on Chinese representation\n                -Portugal\n                -Belgium\n                -Luxemburg\n\n******************************************************************************\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n[Previous National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number\nLPRN-T-MDR-2014-012. Segment declassified on 12/01/2017. Archivist: JD]\n[National Security]\n[012-108-w001]\n[Duration: 19s]\n\n     People’s Republic of China (PRC)\n          -African states\n          -Portugal\n                -Macao\n\n******************************************************************************\n\nThe President conferred with an unknown person at an unknown time before 12:17 pm.\n\n     [Unintelligible]\n\n[End of Conferral]\n\n     Henry A. Kissinger\n          -Schedule","filename":["012-108.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:25:20","tapeEnd":"04:25:24","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"012-107","nextCode":"012-109","transcript":[{"start":0.23,"end":4.9,"text":"General Hague?"},{"start":4.94,"end":5.5,"text":"Yes, thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. regarding his upcoming schedule and an anticipated call from Secretary of State William P. Rogers. The discussion focused on international diplomatic pressures, specifically the ongoing India-Pakistan tensions and the impending United Nations vote concerning Chinese representation. They also addressed the influence of various nations, including Portugal and its interests in Macao, on the UN voting process.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig Jr.","United Nations","People's Republic of China","India-Pakistan relations","William P. Rogers","Diplomatic strategy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:39:58.520Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-m-haig-jr","united-nations","peoples-republic-of-china","india-pakistan-relations","william-p-rogers","diplomatic-strategy"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"012-108.mp3","bytes":133537,"durationSec":5.49,"bitrate":194527,"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/012-108.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-108","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/12/conversation-012-108","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}