{"conversationCode":"007-158","tapeNumber":7,"conversationNumber":158,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-007-158","startDateTime":"1971-08-16T14:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-08-16T15:48:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Aug-1971","startTime":"10:10 AM","endDate":"16-Aug-1971","endTime":"11:48 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 10:10 am and 11:48 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 007-158 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. 7-158\n\nDate: August 16, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:10 am and 11:48 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 564-4A]\n      Requested a call to John B. Connally","filename":["007-158.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:58:28","tapeEnd":"05:58:35","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"007-157","nextCode":"007-159","transcript":[{"start":0.17,"end":4.12,"text":"Yes, Piers?"},{"start":4.58,"end":5.65,"text":"Uh, Secretary Connolly."},{"start":5.67,"end":7.49,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief telephone request through the White House operator to be connected with Secretary of the Treasury John B. Connally. The interaction functioned primarily as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication with the Secretary. No further policy discussions were recorded during this specific exchange.","topics":["John B. Connally","White House operations","Executive communications","Treasury Department"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:38:11.610Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-b-connally","white-house-operations","executive-communications","treasury-department"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"007-158.mp3","bytes":187453,"durationSec":7.74,"bitrate":193806,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.708Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/007-158.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/007-158","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/7/conversation-007-158","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}