{"conversationCode":"013-081","tapeNumber":13,"conversationNumber":81,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-013-081","startDateTime":"1971-11-03T13:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-03T13:55:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Nov-1971","startTime":"8:55 AM","endDate":"3-Nov-1971","endTime":"8:55 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:55 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-081 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. 013-081\n\nDate: November 3, 1971\nTime: 8:55 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 301-3]\n\n     Request for a call to Frank L. Rizzo\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["013-081.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:03:35","tapeEnd":"03:03:53","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"013-080","nextCode":"013-082","transcript":[{"start":2.27,"end":3.4,"text":"Please."},{"start":3.42,"end":8.69,"text":"Would you get me Mayor Rizzo, R-I-Z-Z-O, in Philadelphia?"},{"start":8.73,"end":10.43,"text":"He's just been elected last night."},{"start":10.45,"end":11.83,"text":"He's now the chief of police."},{"start":11.85,"end":12.73,"text":"And it's Mayor Rizzo."},{"start":12.75,"end":15.26,"text":"Rizzo, R-I-Z-O-Z-O."},{"start":15.28,"end":16.14,"text":"I got it, Mr. President."},{"start":16.16,"end":16.52,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a congratulatory call to Frank L. Rizzo following his victory in the Philadelphia mayoral election. The President provided the operator with brief background information, identifying Rizzo as the newly elected mayor and former police chief. This administrative request initiated the process of reaching out to a key political figure immediately after his successful campaign.","topics":["Frank L. Rizzo","Philadelphia","Mayoral election","Political outreach","White House communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:49:20.541Z"},"topicSlugs":["frank-l-rizzo","philadelphia","mayoral-election","political-outreach","white-house-communications"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"013-081.mp3","bytes":404374,"durationSec":16.78,"bitrate":192827,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.041Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:36.411Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/013-081.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-081","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/13/conversation-013-081","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}