{"conversationCode":"013-135","tapeNumber":13,"conversationNumber":135,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-013-135","startDateTime":"1971-11-05T00:24:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-05T00:35:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Nov-1971","startTime":"7:24 PM","endDate":"4-Nov-1971","endTime":"7:35 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 4, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:24 pm and 7:35 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-135 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. 013-135\n\nDate: November 4, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 7:24 pm and 7:35 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to Lloyd J. Christie\n           -Previous call attempt","filename":["013-135.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:10:43","tapeEnd":"04:11:26","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"013-134","nextCode":"013-136","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":25.94,"text":"Operator, I placed a call two or three days ago to a man in California."},{"start":25.96,"end":27.02,"text":"Check your list and see if he's called in California."},{"start":27.44,"end":28.66,"text":"About three days ago."},{"start":30.75,"end":31.61,"text":"Or perhaps four days ago."},{"start":31.63,"end":31.97,"text":"Yes, we'll check."},{"start":38.86,"end":39.64,"text":"All right, Mr. Francis."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to follow up on the status of a phone call he had initiated several days prior to Lloyd J. Christie in California. The President requested that the operator check their records to determine if Christie had returned the call or if there was any record of the previous attempt. The operator acknowledged the request and committed to verifying the status of the communication.","topics":["Lloyd J. Christie","White House operations","communication logs","telephone calls"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:54:08.304Z"},"topicSlugs":["lloyd-j-christie","white-house-operations","communication-logs","telephone-calls"],"audioDurationSec":42,"audioFiles":[{"file":"013-135.mp3","bytes":1010624,"durationSec":42.04,"bitrate":192310,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.041Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:36.418Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/013-135.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-135","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/13/conversation-013-135","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}