{"conversationCode":"007-151","tapeNumber":7,"conversationNumber":151,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-007-151","startDateTime":"1971-08-16T03:22:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-16T03:24:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Aug-1971","startTime":"11:22 PM","endDate":"15-Aug-1971","endTime":"11:24 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 11:22 pm and 11:24 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-151 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. 7-151\n\nDate: August 15, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:22 pm and 11:24 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Requested a call to Arthur F. Burns","filename":["007-151.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:45:14","tapeEnd":"05:45:22","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"007-150","nextCode":"007-152","transcript":[{"start":0.42,"end":4.89,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":4.91,"end":5.99,"text":"Dr. Burns."},{"start":6.01,"end":6.29,"text":"Dr. Burns."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an urgent call to Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur F. Burns. This request followed the President's public announcement earlier that day regarding his 'New Economic Policy,' which included the suspension of the gold standard and the imposition of wage and price controls. The call was initiated to facilitate high-level communication between the President and his top monetary advisor during a critical period of economic transition.","topics":["Arthur F. Burns","New Economic Policy","Federal Reserve","Economic policy","Gold standard","Nixon administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:37:34.350Z"},"topicSlugs":["arthur-f-burns","new-economic-policy","federal-reserve","economic-policy","gold-standard","nixon-administration"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"007-151.mp3","bytes":191215,"durationSec":7.9,"bitrate":193733,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/007-151.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-151","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/7/conversation-007-151","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}