{"conversationCode":"015-097","tapeNumber":15,"conversationNumber":97,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-015-097","startDateTime":"1971-11-22T20:44:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-22T20:48:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Nov-1971","startTime":"3:44 PM","endDate":"22-Nov-1971","endTime":"3:48 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:44 pm and 3:48 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-097 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. 15-97\n\nDate: November 22, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:44 pm and 3:48 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 293-35]\n\n     Hobart D. (“Hobe”) Lewis\n         -Return call","filename":["015-097.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:04:46","tapeEnd":"03:04:56","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"015-096","nextCode":"015-098","transcript":[{"start":0.99,"end":2.66,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":2.68,"end":7.74,"text":"Mr. President, on the call to Hobart Lewis, sir, he's expected at a number in New York at about 4 o'clock."},{"start":7.76,"end":8.72,"text":"Could I leave word there?"},{"start":8.79,"end":8.97,"text":"Sure."},{"start":9.17,"end":9.99,"text":"Surely, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to coordinate a return call to Hobart D. Lewis. The operator informed the President that Lewis was expected at a New York number around 4:00 p.m. Nixon decided to leave a message for Lewis at that location to facilitate their communication.","topics":["Hobart D. Lewis","Telephone logistics","Scheduling","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:19:57.126Z"},"topicSlugs":["hobart-d-lewis","telephone-logistics","scheduling","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"015-097.mp3","bytes":250774,"durationSec":10.39,"bitrate":193156,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.618Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/015-097.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-097","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/15/conversation-015-097","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}