{"conversationCode":"307-019","tapeNumber":307,"conversationNumber":19,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-307-019","startDateTime":"1971-12-08T20:39:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-08T20:39:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Dec-1971","startTime":"3:39 PM","endDate":"8-Dec-1971","endTime":"3:39 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:39 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 307-019 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 307-019\n\nDate: December 8, 1971\nTime: 3:39 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 16-54]","filename":["307-019.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:39:56","tapeEnd":"00:40:11","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"307-018","nextCode":"307-020","transcript":[{"start":0.81,"end":1.98,"text":"Attorney General Mitchell, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Attorney General John Mitchell. This brief interaction serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate an official communication between the President and the head of the Department of Justice. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief exchange.","topics":["John Mitchell","Attorney General","White House communications","Executive procedure"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:19:24.528Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-mitchell","attorney-general","white-house-communications","executive-procedure"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"307-019.mp3","bytes":205636,"durationSec":5.01,"bitrate":328592,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.956Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:18.807Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/307-019.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/307-019","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/307/conversation-307-019","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}