{"conversationCode":"010-096","tapeNumber":10,"conversationNumber":96,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-010-096","startDateTime":"1971-10-06T21:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-06T21:16:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Oct-1971","startTime":"5:16 PM","endDate":"6-Oct-1971","endTime":"5:16 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 5:16 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-096 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 10-96\n\nDate: October 6, 1971\n\nTime: 5:16 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 284-14A]\n\n     Request for a call to John B. Connally","filename":["010-096.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:07:47","tapeEnd":"03:07:53","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"010-095","nextCode":"010-097","transcript":[{"start":1.99,"end":3.52,"text":"Secretary Connolly, please."},{"start":3.54,"end":4.67,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone exchange with the White House operator to request a formal connection to Treasury Secretary John B. Connally. This call serves as an administrative bridge to facilitate direct communication between the President and the Secretary. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occur during this brief interaction.","topics":["John B. Connally","White House operations","Presidential communication","Treasury Department"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:11:13.771Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-b-connally","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","treasury-department"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"010-096.mp3","bytes":158614,"durationSec":6.53,"bitrate":194223,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.709Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/010-096.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/010-096","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/10/conversation-010-096","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}