{"conversationCode":"007-153","tapeNumber":7,"conversationNumber":153,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-007-153","startDateTime":"1971-08-16T13:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-16T13:05:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Aug-1971","startTime":"9:05 AM","endDate":"16-Aug-1971","endTime":"9:05 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On August 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:05 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-153 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. 7-153\n\nDate: August 16, 1971\nTime: 9:05 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 564-3A]\n\n     Requested a call to Wilbur D. Mills","filename":["007-153.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:48:58","tapeEnd":"05:49:05","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"007-152","nextCode":"007-154","transcript":[{"start":0.32,"end":3.48,"text":"Congressman Mills please."},{"start":3.83,"end":4.79,"text":"Thank you Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to initiate a telephone call to Congressman Wilbur D. Mills. This brief exchange served solely as a logistical request to establish communication with the influential legislator. The conversation concluded immediately after the operator acknowledged the request to connect the President.","topics":["Wilbur D. Mills","Legislative Relations","Communication","White House Operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:37:44.573Z"},"topicSlugs":["wilbur-d-mills","legislative-relations","communication","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"007-153.mp3","bytes":127894,"durationSec":5.25,"bitrate":194801,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/007-153.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-153","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/7/conversation-007-153","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}