{"conversationCode":"007-149","tapeNumber":7,"conversationNumber":149,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-007-149","startDateTime":"1971-08-16T03:18:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-16T03:20:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Aug-1971","startTime":"11:18 PM","endDate":"15-Aug-1971","endTime":"11:20 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 11:18 pm and 11:20 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-149 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. 7-149\n\nDate: August 15, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:18 pm and 11:20 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Requested a call to William L. Safire","filename":["007-149.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:44:00","tapeEnd":"05:44:04","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"007-148","nextCode":"007-150","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":7.21,"text":"Stepper."},{"start":7.23,"end":7.39,"text":"Stepper."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a follow-up call to speechwriter and advisor William L. Safire. The brief interaction served as a logistical step to initiate direct communication between the President and his aide. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this request for assistance.","topics":["William L. Safire","White House operations","Presidential communication","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:37:23.727Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-l-safire","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"007-149.mp3","bytes":205635,"durationSec":8.51,"bitrate":193343,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.707Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/007-149.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-149","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/7/conversation-007-149","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}