{"conversationCode":"015-078","tapeNumber":15,"conversationNumber":78,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-015-078","startDateTime":"1971-11-22T00:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-22T00:18:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Nov-1971","startTime":"7:14 PM","endDate":"21-Nov-1971","endTime":"7:18 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 7:14 pm and 7:18 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-078 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. 15-78\n\nDate: November 21, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 7:14 pm and 7:18 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n     Henry A. Kissinger\n          -Location","filename":["015-078.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:28:30","tapeEnd":"02:28:47","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"015-077","nextCode":"015-079","transcript":[{"start":0.35,"end":12.18,"text":"Hello."},{"start":12.2,"end":12.78,"text":"Dr. Kissinger is in New York."},{"start":12.8,"end":13.86,"text":"Do you want me to go ahead and reach him in New York?"},{"start":13.88,"end":14.49,"text":"I do have some numbers to try."},{"start":14.51,"end":15.09,"text":"All right, no trouble at all."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to coordinate a secure connection with Henry Kissinger, who was currently located in New York. The President sought to establish contact with his National Security Advisor, prompting the operator to initiate the call using available reach-back numbers. This brief exchange served solely as an administrative coordination effort to facilitate a high-level policy discussion.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House communications","Presidential scheduling","National security","New York"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:18:12.219Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling","national-security","new-york"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"015-078.mp3","bytes":405628,"durationSec":16.85,"bitrate":192600,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.618Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/015-078.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-078","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/15/conversation-015-078","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}