{"conversationCode":"014-106","tapeNumber":14,"conversationNumber":106,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-014-106","startDateTime":"1971-11-15T19:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-15T19:21:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Nov-1971","startTime":"2:20 PM","endDate":"15-Nov-1971","endTime":"2:21 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Baker, Howard H., Jr.;","description":"On November 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Howard H. Baker, Jr. talked on the telephone from 2:20 pm to 2:21 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 014-106 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. 14-106\n\nDate: November 15, 1971\nTime: 2:20 pm - 2:21 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Howard H. Baker, Jr.\n\nThe President talked with Baker.\n\n[See Conversation No. 617-10A]\n\n     Baker's birthday","filename":["014-106.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:21:11","tapeEnd":"03:21:45","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Baker, Howard H., Jr."],"prevCode":"014-105","nextCode":"014-107","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.94,"text":"Senator Baker, sir."},{"start":3.37,"end":3.61,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":3.85,"end":4.53,"text":"On the line."},{"start":5.03,"end":5.15,"text":"Hello."},{"start":5.17,"end":5.35,"text":"Hello."},{"start":5.91,"end":10.97,"text":"Not here to ask you for a vote or anything, but I can't let a young man get old without telling you so."},{"start":11.87,"end":12.96,"text":"And don't you get any older."},{"start":13.46,"end":17.04,"text":"Oh, I wish I could stop it, but the only alternatives are far too dismal."},{"start":17.22,"end":18.1,"text":"Yeah, you look fine."},{"start":18.18,"end":19.2,"text":"That's right, that's right."},{"start":19.22,"end":20.38,"text":"The alternatives are dismal."},{"start":20.4,"end":29.05,"text":"Well, I'm glad, Howard, to see you as one of our younger statesmen who's all this and that, and you go home tonight and take it easy, okay?"},{"start":29.07,"end":30.27,"text":"You're awful thoughtful to call."},{"start":30.31,"end":31.17,"text":"I really appreciate it."},{"start":31.33,"end":31.77,"text":"Okay, bye."},{"start":31.8,"end":32.44,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":32.46,"end":32.86,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated this brief telephone call to Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr. primarily to extend personal birthday greetings. The conversation remained cordial and informal, focusing on lighthearted exchanges regarding aging and Baker’s status as a young statesman. No substantive policy matters or political actions were addressed during the interaction.","topics":["Howard H. Baker Jr.","birthday","personal relations","statesmanship"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:06:08.509Z"},"topicSlugs":["howard-h-baker-jr","birthday","personal-relations","statesmanship"],"audioDurationSec":34,"audioFiles":[{"file":"014-106.mp3","bytes":1075568,"durationSec":33.5,"bitrate":256842,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.322Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/014-106.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/014-106","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/14/conversation-014-106","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}