{"conversationCode":"015-073","tapeNumber":15,"conversationNumber":73,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-015-073","startDateTime":"1971-11-21T23:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-21T23:37:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Nov-1971","startTime":"6:15 PM","endDate":"21-Nov-1971","endTime":"6:37 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:15 pm and 6:37 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-073 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. 15-73\n\nDate: November 21, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 6:15 pm and 6:37 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to William F. (“Billy”) Graham","filename":["015-073.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:01:17","tapeEnd":"02:01:25","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"015-072","nextCode":"015-074","transcript":[{"start":2.24,"end":3.81,"text":"Try Dr. Billy Graham, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to place a telephone call to evangelist Billy Graham. This brief administrative interaction serves as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the President and his advisor. No further substantive discussion occurs during this short recording.","topics":["Billy Graham","Communication logistics","White House operations","Presidential correspondence"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:17:45.235Z"},"topicSlugs":["billy-graham","communication-logistics","white-house-operations","presidential-correspondence"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"015-073.mp3","bytes":135417,"durationSec":5.57,"bitrate":194523,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.618Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/015-073.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-073","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/15/conversation-015-073","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}