{"conversationCode":"650-011","tapeNumber":650,"conversationNumber":11,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-650-011","startDateTime":"1972-01-18T17:33:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-18T17:34:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Jan-1972","startTime":"12:33 PM","endDate":"18-Jan-1972","endTime":"12:34 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Scott, Hugh; Mansfield, Michael J. (\"Mike\");","description":"On January 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Hugh Scott, and Michael J. (\"Mike\") Mansfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:33 pm to 12:34 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 650-011 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 650-11\n\nDate: January 18, 1972\nTime: 12:33 pm - 12:34 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\fThe President talked with Hugh Scott and Michael J. Mansfield.\n\n[See Conversation No. 18-101]","filename":["650-011.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:56:20","tapeEnd":"02:58:00","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Scott, Hugh","Mansfield, Michael J. (\"Mike\")"],"prevCode":"650-010","nextCode":"650-012","transcript":[{"start":14.52,"end":19.35,"text":"Well, thank you very much, and I hope that both Mike and you have a little time off."},{"start":19.47,"end":21.16,"text":"Mike, of course, and you as well."},{"start":35.77,"end":37.61,"text":"I'll be there."},{"start":37.69,"end":41.76,"text":"I look forward to seeing you at about 3."},{"start":41.86,"end":45.6,"text":"I'll try not to keep you too long."},{"start":45.72,"end":46.28,"text":"About 3 hours."},{"start":60.8,"end":60.98,"text":"Yes."},{"start":61.48,"end":63.88,"text":"I think I will do that one time."},{"start":63.97,"end":66.05,"text":"I'm sure it will come up."},{"start":66.07,"end":71.13,"text":"Maybe have a little lunch with Mike and you."},{"start":74.15,"end":76.49,"text":"And we'll probably all forget politics for a while."},{"start":77.49,"end":83.43,"text":"Yeah, in fact, I guess maybe Mike and you are the only two people I know in the Senate that aren't candidates."},{"start":83.45,"end":84.83,"text":"So I'm glad to talk to you."},{"start":86.2,"end":87.62,"text":"Or vice, are you a candidate?"},{"start":88.28,"end":88.94,"text":"Tell me."},{"start":88.98,"end":90.94,"text":"Don't, don't, don't eat in the dark now."},{"start":93.41,"end":94.17,"text":"All right."},{"start":94.19,"end":94.53,"text":"Okay."},{"start":95.45,"end":95.85,"text":"All right."},{"start":95.91,"end":96.93,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":96.95,"end":97.97,"text":"Look forward to seeing you."},{"start":98.11,"end":98.31,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met briefly with Senate leaders Hugh Scott and Mike Mansfield to coordinate an upcoming meeting and discuss general scheduling. The President noted the unique position of both senators as non-candidates in the upcoming election cycle, expressing his desire to engage in informal dialogue away from partisan pressures. The exchange served primarily as a brief pleasantry to arrange a more substantive future engagement.","topics":["Senate leadership","Election politics","Presidential scheduling","Legislative relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:52:36.405Z"},"topicSlugs":["senate-leadership","election-politics","presidential-scheduling","legislative-relations"],"audioDurationSec":99,"audioFiles":[{"file":"650-011.mp3","bytes":3978758,"durationSec":99.33,"bitrate":320435,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.663Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/650-011.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/650-011","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/650/conversation-650-011","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}