{"conversationCode":"028-011","tapeNumber":28,"conversationNumber":11,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-028-011","startDateTime":"1972-07-28T18:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-28T18:09:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Jul-1972","startTime":"2:08 PM","endDate":"28-Jul-1972","endTime":"2:09 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Eastland, James O.;","description":"On July 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and James O. Eastland talked on the telephone from 2:08 pm to 2:09 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 028-011 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 28-11\n\nDate: July 28, 1972\nTime: 2:08 pm - 2:09 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with James O. Eastland.\n\n[See Conversation No. 756-20B]\n\n     Congratulations on election as President pro tem of the Senate\n\n     The President's trip to Louisiana\n          -Allen J. Ellender's funeral\n          -Eastland on Air Force One\n                -Arrangements","filename":["028-011.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Eastland, James O."],"prevCode":"028-010","nextCode":"028-012","transcript":[{"start":0.42,"end":1,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.56,"end":2.4,"text":"Senator Eastland, sir."},{"start":2.98,"end":3.81,"text":"Hello."},{"start":3.83,"end":6.39,"text":"There you are."},{"start":6.41,"end":6.61,"text":"Hello."},{"start":7.03,"end":8.6,"text":"Hello."},{"start":8.74,"end":9.22,"text":"Hello, Jim."},{"start":9.4,"end":10.18,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":10.2,"end":13.93,"text":"I just wanted to congratulate the new president pro tem of the Senate."},{"start":13.95,"end":15.11,"text":"Well, thank you."},{"start":15.13,"end":19.86,"text":"I also wanted to ask you, in the event that you were planning to go, if you would like to go."},{"start":23.15,"end":23.79,"text":"Louisiana."},{"start":24.47,"end":24.89,"text":"Fine, Jim."},{"start":26.32,"end":30.04,"text":"Our staff will be in touch with your staff and arrange for the going."},{"start":30.1,"end":32.43,"text":"I'm just going right down, go to the funeral, and come right back."},{"start":32.49,"end":34.13,"text":"All right."},{"start":34.23,"end":34.85,"text":"Fine, Jim."},{"start":35.59,"end":37.41,"text":"Well, goodbye, Mr. President."},{"start":38.58,"end":39.1,"text":"Okay."},{"start":39.38,"end":40.04,"text":"Okay."},{"start":40.42,"end":40.5,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon calls Senator James O. Eastland to formally congratulate him on his recent election as President pro tempore of the Senate. The two men coordinate logistics for Eastland to join the President aboard Air Force One for travel to Louisiana. The primary purpose of the trip is to attend the funeral of Senator Allen J. Ellender, and the President directs his staff to finalize the travel arrangements with Eastland’s office.","topics":["James O. Eastland","President pro tempore of the Senate","Air Force One","Allen J. Ellender","Funeral arrangements","Louisiana"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:30:23.375Z"},"topicSlugs":["james-o-eastland","president-pro-tempore-of-the-senate","air-force-one","allen-j-ellender","funeral-arrangements","louisiana"],"audioDurationSec":41,"audioFiles":[{"file":"028-011.mp3","bytes":654556,"durationSec":40.91,"bitrate":128006,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.084Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/028-011.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/028-011","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/28/conversation-028-011","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}