{"conversationCode":"013-109","tapeNumber":13,"conversationNumber":109,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-013-109","startDateTime":"1971-11-03T21:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-03T21:42:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Nov-1971","startTime":"4:40 PM","endDate":"3-Nov-1971","endTime":"4:42 PM","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 4:40 pm and 4:42 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-109 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. 013-109\n\nDate: November 3, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 4:40 pm and 4:42 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 612-4B]\n\n     Request for a call to Robert H. Finch","filename":["013-109.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:52:14","tapeEnd":"03:52:20","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"013-108","nextCode":"013-110","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":3.68,"text":"The Finch, please."},{"start":3.7,"end":5.11,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief telephone request to the White House operator to be connected with Robert H. Finch. The conversation served solely as an administrative bridge to facilitate this communication with the Counselor to the President. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief exchange.","topics":["Robert H. Finch","White House communications","Presidential scheduling","White House operator"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:51:50.855Z"},"topicSlugs":["robert-h-finch","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling","white-house-operator"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"013-109.mp3","bytes":136044,"durationSec":5.59,"bitrate":194620,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.041Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:36.415Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/013-109.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-109","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/13/conversation-013-109","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}