{"conversationCode":"014-096","tapeNumber":14,"conversationNumber":96,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-014-096","startDateTime":"1971-11-15T02:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-15T02:46:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Nov-1971","startTime":"9:46 PM","endDate":"14-Nov-1971","endTime":"9:46 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:46 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-096 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. 14-96\n\nDate: November 14, 1971\nTime: 9:46 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to Willis O. Preston, Jr.","filename":["014-096.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:14:23","tapeEnd":"03:14:40","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"014-095","nextCode":"014-097","transcript":[{"start":4.38,"end":11.1,"text":"Operator, I'd like to get Mr. Willis Preston in Wilmington, Delaware."},{"start":11.14,"end":16.67,"text":"I think he's on your call list over there."},{"start":16.69,"end":16.89,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request a telephone connection to Willis O. Preston, Jr. in Wilmington, Delaware. The President confirmed that Mr. Preston’s contact information was already available on his established call list. The brief exchange served solely to facilitate this administrative outreach.","topics":["Willis O. Preston Jr.","White House operator","logistics","telephone communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:05:11.509Z"},"topicSlugs":["willis-o-preston-jr","white-house-operator","logistics","telephone-communications"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"014-096.mp3","bytes":543088,"durationSec":16.84,"bitrate":257973,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.617Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/014-096.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/014-096","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/14/conversation-014-096","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}