{"conversationCode":"035-011","tapeNumber":35,"conversationNumber":11,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-035-011","startDateTime":"1972-12-27T15:53:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-27T15:53:00.000Z","startDate":"27-Dec-1972","startTime":"10:53 AM","endDate":"27-Dec-1972","endTime":"10:53 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On December 27, 1972, the White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 10:53 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-011 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 35-11\n\nDate: December 27, 1972\nTime: 10:53 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 828-12]\n\n       Richard M. Helms\n            -Mexico\n                  -Return date\n            -Cancellation of requested telephone call","filename":["035-011.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["White House operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"035-010","nextCode":"035-012","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":0.97,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":1.33,"end":3.64,"text":"Yes, Director Helms is in Mexico."},{"start":3.82,"end":8.83,"text":"The last word they had would be back to fourth, but they're not sure there's any... That's all right, fine."},{"start":8.91,"end":9.94,"text":"I knew he was going to be out."},{"start":9.97,"end":10.52,"text":"That's fine."},{"start":10.58,"end":10.9,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":10.92,"end":11.46,"text":"I'll cancel."},{"start":11.48,"end":11.78,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to confirm the current whereabouts of CIA Director Richard Helms. Upon learning that Helms was traveling in Mexico and unavailable, Nixon instructed the operator to cancel a previously requested telephone call. This interaction served to update the President's schedule regarding his communication with intelligence leadership.","topics":["Richard M. Helms","CIA","Mexico","White House operations","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:41:37.320Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-m-helms","cia","mexico","white-house-operations","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"035-011.mp3","bytes":448206,"durationSec":18.53,"bitrate":193470,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/035-011.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-011","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/35/conversation-035-011","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}