{"conversationCode":"014-100","tapeNumber":14,"conversationNumber":100,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-014-100","startDateTime":"1971-11-15T03:37:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-15T03:39:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Nov-1971","startTime":"10:37 PM","endDate":"14-Nov-1971","endTime":"10:39 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Smith, Donald;","description":"On November 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Donald Smith talked on the telephone from 10:37 pm to 10:39 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-100 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. 14-100\n\nDate: November 14, 1971\nTime: 10:37 pm - 10:39 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Donald Smith\n         -Location\n\nThe President talked with Smith.\n\n     News story regarding Smith\n         -Award\n\n     Smith's activities","filename":["014-100.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:17:24","tapeEnd":"03:18:55","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Smith, Donald"],"prevCode":"014-099","nextCode":"014-101","transcript":[{"start":0.96,"end":2.4,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":2.42,"end":2.7,"text":"Mr. President?"},{"start":2.72,"end":2.86,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":3.2,"end":10.15,"text":"I have located Don Smith in the Veterans Center down in Dublin."},{"start":10.17,"end":10.37,"text":"All right."},{"start":10.39,"end":11.79,"text":"There's the President."},{"start":11.81,"end":11.94,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":13.26,"end":14.08,"text":"Hello, Mr. Smith?"},{"start":14.94,"end":30.76,"text":"Well, I've just been reading about you in my weekly reports from around the country, and I first want to congratulate you for being selected by the National Junior Chamber of Commerce for one of the"},{"start":31.27,"end":33.73,"text":"Georgia's Outstanding Young Men of the Year."},{"start":33.81,"end":44.44,"text":"But second, for the really remarkable achievement you certainly can be very proud of, and the example you set for others."},{"start":44.84,"end":56.3,"text":"I mean, the fact that you continue your efforts with that little league team and so forth really must inspire those youngsters, and it inspires a lot of us older people, too."},{"start":62.25,"end":62.65,"text":"Sure."},{"start":62.71,"end":73.54,"text":"Well, you had a rough time, and the main thing is that you just can't get discouraged, because I'm sure you won't."},{"start":74.78,"end":85.13,"text":"That's right, and you can be sure a lot of us are all behind you, and you tell those kids to just get out with half the heart you've got, and they're going to do okay, all right?"},{"start":86.84,"end":87.72,"text":"And good luck to you now."},{"start":88.16,"end":88.68,"text":"Goodbye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon called Donald Smith at a Veterans Center in Dublin to personally congratulate him on being named one of Georgia's Outstanding Young Men of the Year. The President commended Smith for his resilience following personal hardship and praised his ongoing dedication to coaching a Little League baseball team. Nixon utilized the call to express national support for Smith’s efforts and to encourage him to continue serving as an inspirational figure for local youth.","topics":["Donald Smith","Presidential commendation","Georgia's Outstanding Young Men of the Year","Little League","Veterans affairs","Public relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:05:34.322Z"},"topicSlugs":["donald-smith","presidential-commendation","georgias-outstanding-young-men-of-the-year","little-league","veterans-affairs","public-relations"],"audioDurationSec":91,"audioFiles":[{"file":"014-100.mp3","bytes":2905393,"durationSec":90.67,"bitrate":256343,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.322Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/014-100.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/014-100","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/14/conversation-014-100","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}