{"conversationCode":"007-154","tapeNumber":7,"conversationNumber":154,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-007-154","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 007-154 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. 7-154\n\nDate: August 16, 1971\nTime: 9:05 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 564-3C]\n\n     Wilbur D. Mills’ location\n\n     Return call instructions","filename":["007-154.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:49:05","tapeEnd":"05:49:30","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"007-153","nextCode":"007-155","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.53,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":2.05,"end":8.9,"text":"Mr. President, I was referred to Congressman Mills' office in Arkansas, and he doesn't answer, and he doesn't have the residence."},{"start":8.93,"end":10.53,"text":"So I feel sure that he must be on the way."},{"start":10.59,"end":11.33,"text":"May I keep trying?"},{"start":12.25,"end":15.01,"text":"He can just return the call."},{"start":15.7,"end":17.48,"text":"You couldn't get anybody at all?"},{"start":17.66,"end":18.06,"text":"No, sir."},{"start":18.44,"end":18.84,"text":"All right."},{"start":18.94,"end":21.3,"text":"Well, why don't you try it?"},{"start":21.84,"end":23.01,"text":"I'll try it again around noon."},{"start":23.33,"end":23.83,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with a White House operator to facilitate an urgent communication with Congressman Wilbur D. Mills at his Arkansas residence. After the operator reported an inability to reach the Congressman, the President instructed the operator to stop pursuing him at that location. Nixon ultimately decided to leave instructions for Mills to return the call rather than continuing further attempts to track him down.","topics":["Wilbur D. Mills","Congressional relations","White House communications","Telephone logs"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:37:49.939Z"},"topicSlugs":["wilbur-d-mills","congressional-relations","white-house-communications","telephone-logs"],"audioDurationSec":25,"audioFiles":[{"file":"007-154.mp3","bytes":604368,"durationSec":25.11,"bitrate":192531,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.707Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/007-154.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-154","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/7/conversation-007-154","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}