{"conversationCode":"309-011","tapeNumber":309,"conversationNumber":11,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-309-011","startDateTime":"1971-12-24T19:01:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-24T19:06:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Dec-1971","startTime":"2:01 PM","endDate":"24-Dec-1971","endTime":"2:06 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 24, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:01 pm and 2:06 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 309-011 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. 309-11\n\nDate: December 24, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:01 pm and 2:06 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 17-12]\n\n     Request for a call to Nelson A. Rockefeller","filename":["309-011.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:47:57","tapeEnd":"01:48:54","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"309-010","nextCode":"309-012","transcript":[{"start":0.28,"end":4.05,"text":"Get me the rocket launcher, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to place a telephone call to New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller. This brief administrative interaction serves as the initiation of a communication between the President and the Governor. No further substantive policy matters are addressed in this exchange.","topics":["Nelson A. Rockefeller","Communication","Administrative operations","Executive Branch"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:23:10.735Z"},"topicSlugs":["nelson-a-rockefeller","communication","administrative-operations","executive-branch"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"309-011.mp3","bytes":296538,"durationSec":7.27,"bitrate":326343,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.955Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/309-011.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/309-011","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/309/conversation-309-011","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}