{"conversationCode":"013-155","tapeNumber":13,"conversationNumber":155,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-013-155","startDateTime":"1971-11-09T01:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-09T01:47:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Nov-1971","startTime":"8:45 PM","endDate":"8-Nov-1971","endTime":"8:47 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:45 pm and 8:47 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-155 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. 013-155\n\nDate: November 8, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:45 pm and 8:47 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["013-155.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:26:57","tapeEnd":"04:27:08","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"013-154","nextCode":"013-156","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":10.78,"text":"Yes."},{"start":10.8,"end":11,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief administrative request through the White House operator to be connected with his National Security Advisor, Henry Kissinger. The exchange served strictly as a logistical bridge to facilitate high-level communication between the President and his top foreign policy aide. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during this brief operator-assisted connection.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House operations","Presidential communication","National Security"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:55:54.860Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","national-security"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"013-155.mp3","bytes":264567,"durationSec":10.96,"bitrate":193138,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.322Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/013-155.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-155","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/13/conversation-013-155","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}