{"conversationCode":"004-016","tapeNumber":4,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-004-016","startDateTime":"1971-06-02T02:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-02T02:23:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Jun-1971","startTime":"10:20 PM","endDate":"1-Jun-1971","endTime":"10:23 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 1, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:20 pm and 10:23 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 004-016 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 4-16\n\nDate: June 1, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:20 pm and 10:23 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Asked to speak with John N. Mitchell\n\n     Call to J. Edgar Hoover","filename":["004-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:00:20","tapeEnd":"01:00:27","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"004-015","nextCode":"004-017","transcript":[{"start":6.11,"end":6.97,"text":"Oh, fine, I'll take it."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an urgent call to Attorney General John N. Mitchell. He subsequently requested that the operator connect him directly to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. This brief exchange served as a logistical coordination to facilitate immediate communication with his top law enforcement and legal officials.","topics":["John N. Mitchell","J. Edgar Hoover","Communication logistics","Department of Justice","FBI"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:41:38.750Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-n-mitchell","j-edgar-hoover","communication-logistics","department-of-justice","fbi"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"004-016.mp3","bytes":119985,"durationSec":7.89,"bitrate":121663,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.077Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/004-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/004-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/4/conversation-004-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}