{"conversationCode":"015-068","tapeNumber":15,"conversationNumber":68,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-015-068","startDateTime":"1971-11-20T15:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-20T15:50:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Nov-1971","startTime":"10:45 AM","endDate":"20-Nov-1971","endTime":"10:50 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:45 am and 10:50 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-068 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. 15-68\n\nDate: November 20, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:45 am and 10:50 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 621-24]\n\n     Ted Stevens\n          -Time of day in Alaska","filename":["015-068.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:48:53","tapeEnd":"01:49:10","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"015-067","nextCode":"015-069","transcript":[{"start":0.23,"end":3.04,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.94,"end":4.98,"text":"Operator, let's see."},{"start":5,"end":7.49,"text":"The difficulty with the Alaska call, that would be five hours."},{"start":7.51,"end":9.93,"text":"It would only be six o'clock out there, wouldn't it?"},{"start":10.01,"end":10.57,"text":"Oh, I guess so."},{"start":10.59,"end":11.44,"text":"Three and two."},{"start":11.46,"end":12.22,"text":"Yeah, five hours."},{"start":13.24,"end":14.84,"text":"Yeah, we'll let that go now."},{"start":14.98,"end":15.68,"text":"I'll call it later."},{"start":15.7,"end":16.82,"text":"All right, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to determine the time difference between Washington, D.C., and Alaska in order to schedule a call with Senator Ted Stevens. After verifying that it was too early in Alaska to reach the Senator, the President decided to postpone the conversation. No further action was taken regarding the call at that time.","topics":["Ted Stevens","Time zones","Alaska","Scheduling","White House communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:17:18.550Z"},"topicSlugs":["ted-stevens","time-zones","alaska","scheduling","white-house-communications"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"015-068.mp3","bytes":406255,"durationSec":16.85,"bitrate":192830,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.618Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/015-068.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-068","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/15/conversation-015-068","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}