{"conversationCode":"007-119","tapeNumber":7,"conversationNumber":119,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-007-119","startDateTime":"1971-08-16T01:39:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-16T01:39:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Aug-1971","startTime":"9:39 PM","endDate":"15-Aug-1971","endTime":"9:39 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On August 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:39 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-119 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. 7-119\n\nDate: August 15, 1971\nTime: 9:39 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Instructions on telephone calls","filename":["007-119.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:21:00","tapeEnd":"04:21:15","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"007-118","nextCode":"007-120","transcript":[{"start":0.5,"end":3.47,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":3.49,"end":5.57,"text":"You call him?"},{"start":5.59,"end":5.65,"text":"Oh."},{"start":5.67,"end":7.28,"text":"You want me to be president?"},{"start":7.3,"end":7.4,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":7.42,"end":8.38,"text":"You could call."},{"start":8.46,"end":10.6,"text":"If people call now, you can put the call through."},{"start":10.62,"end":10.82,"text":"Fine."},{"start":10.86,"end":11.19,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":11.21,"end":13.31,"text":"We're ready with Congressman Forster."},{"start":13.33,"end":13.81,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":13.83,"end":14.09,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator regarding telephone call management protocols following his address to the nation. This brief logistical exchange served to organize incoming communications as the administration prepared for subsequent discussions with key political figures. By managing these lines of communication, the President sought to effectively oversee the immediate implementation and reaction to his newly announced economic initiatives.","topics":["White House operations","telecommunications","administrative protocol","economic policy","presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:34:43.210Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","telecommunications","administrative-protocol","economic-policy","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"007-119.mp3","bytes":391835,"durationSec":16.27,"bitrate":192634,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.472Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:34.867Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/007-119.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-119","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/7/conversation-007-119","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}