{"conversationCode":"015-039","tapeNumber":15,"conversationNumber":39,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-015-039","startDateTime":"1971-11-18T20:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-18T21:17:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Nov-1971","startTime":"3:51 PM","endDate":"18-Nov-1971","endTime":"4:17 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 3:51 pm and 4:17 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-039 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. 15-39\n\fDate: November 18, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:51 pm and 4:17 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 294-22H]\n\n     Request for a call John B. Connally","filename":["015-039.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:50:50","tapeEnd":"00:50:56","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"015-038","nextCode":"015-040","transcript":[{"start":0.77,"end":2.79,"text":"Just get them as soon as you can."},{"start":3.27,"end":3.94,"text":"Connolly, please."},{"start":4.76,"end":4.95,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an urgent call to Treasury Secretary John B. Connally. The brief exchange served as a directive to initiate immediate contact with Connally to discuss pending administrative or economic matters. No further policy developments occurred during this brief request for connectivity.","topics":["John B. Connally","White House operations","Presidential communication","Treasury Department"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:14:38.470Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-b-connally","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","treasury-department"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"015-039.mp3","bytes":142314,"durationSec":5.87,"bitrate":194105,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.618Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/015-039.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-039","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/15/conversation-015-039","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}