{"conversationCode":"015-005","tapeNumber":15,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-015-005","startDateTime":"1971-11-17T22:44:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-18T00:14:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Nov-1971","startTime":"5:44 PM","endDate":"17-Nov-1971","endTime":"7:14 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:44 pm and 7:14 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-005 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. 15-5\n\nDate: November 17, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:44 pm and 7:14 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["015-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:03:51","tapeEnd":"00:03:58","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"015-004","nextCode":"015-006","transcript":[{"start":4.37,"end":5.67,"text":"Holloman, please."},{"start":6.92,"end":7,"text":"Yes."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical request to establish communication with his top aide. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief exchange.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","White House communications","administrative logistics","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:11:26.777Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-communications","administrative-logistics","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"015-005.mp3","bytes":169899,"durationSec":7,"bitrate":194130,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.618Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/015-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/15/conversation-015-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}