{"conversationCode":"015-027","tapeNumber":15,"conversationNumber":27,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-015-027","startDateTime":"1971-11-18T15:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-18T15:55:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Nov-1971","startTime":"10:55 AM","endDate":"18-Nov-1971","endTime":"10:55 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:55 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-027 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. 15-27\n\fDate: November 18, 1971\nTime: 10:55 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 294-9]\n\n     Request for a call to Herbert Stein\n         -Location","filename":["015-027.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:33:27","tapeEnd":"00:33:35","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"015-026","nextCode":"015-028","transcript":[{"start":2.31,"end":2.91,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":2.95,"end":4.3,"text":"Mr. Herb Stein."},{"start":4.38,"end":7.1,"text":"I think he may be in the hospital, but he may be home, okay?"},{"start":7.12,"end":8.72,"text":"All right, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a call to Herbert Stein, a member of the Council of Economic Advisers. The President expressed uncertainty regarding Stein’s current location, noting he might be recuperating at home rather than the hospital. The conversation served as a brief administrative coordination to facilitate direct communication with his economic advisor.","topics":["Herbert Stein","Council of Economic Advisers","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:13:31.349Z"},"topicSlugs":["herbert-stein","council-of-economic-advisers","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"015-027.mp3","bytes":214412,"durationSec":8.88,"bitrate":193179,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.618Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/015-027.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-027","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/015/conversation-015-027","catalogNaId":417190899,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417190899","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}