{"conversationCode":"013-087","tapeNumber":13,"conversationNumber":87,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-013-087","startDateTime":"1971-11-03T14:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-03T14:19:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Nov-1971","startTime":"9:16 AM","endDate":"3-Nov-1971","endTime":"9:19 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 9:16 am and 9:19 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-087 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. 013-087\n\nDate: November 3, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:16 am and 9:19 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 301-7E]\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n     Request for a call to Ralph J. Perk","filename":["013-087.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:16:27","tapeEnd":"03:16:39","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"013-086","nextCode":"013-088","transcript":[{"start":0.84,"end":7.3,"text":"Mayor Perk, P-E-R-K, Ralph Perk in Cleveland."},{"start":7.72,"end":9.21,"text":"Now, he just elected last night."},{"start":9.35,"end":10.17,"text":"All right, Mr. President."},{"start":10.23,"end":11.12,"text":"Operator know how to reach him."},{"start":11.21,"end":12,"text":"Thanks a lot."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a congratulatory telephone call to Ralph J. Perk, who had recently been elected mayor of Cleveland. The President provided specific instructions for locating Perk to ensure the call could be facilitated promptly. This administrative exchange served to acknowledge and recognize a political victory for a key regional official.","topics":["Ralph J. Perk","Cleveland","Mayoral election","White House telephone system","Political communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:49:53.118Z"},"topicSlugs":["ralph-j-perk","cleveland","mayoral-election","white-house-telephone-system","political-communications"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"013-087.mp3","bytes":303437,"durationSec":12.58,"bitrate":192927,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.041Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:36.412Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/013-087.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-087","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/13/conversation-013-087","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}