{"conversationCode":"015-133","tapeNumber":15,"conversationNumber":133,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-015-133","startDateTime":"1971-11-24T13:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-24T13:09:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Nov-1971","startTime":"8:08 AM","endDate":"24-Nov-1971","endTime":"8:09 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; MacGregor, Clark;","description":"On November 24, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone from 8:08 am to 8:09 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-133 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. 15-133\n\nDate: November 24, 1971\nTime: 8:08 am - 8:09 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\fThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Clark MacGregor\n\nThe President talked with MacGregor.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 624-5]\n\n     Senate adjournment\n          -Unknown bill\n          -Hugh Scott and Robert P. Griffin\n          -Schedule\n                -Time\n          -Quorum","filename":["015-133.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:03:14","tapeEnd":"04:03:51","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","MacGregor, Clark"],"prevCode":"015-132","nextCode":"015-134","transcript":[{"start":0.23,"end":2.44,"text":"Mr. McGregor, Mr. President."},{"start":2.46,"end":4.1,"text":"Yeah, what is the dope today?"},{"start":4.16,"end":5.96,"text":"I see they got through with the bill last night."},{"start":5.98,"end":6.82,"text":"They did, Mr. President."},{"start":6.84,"end":14.35,"text":"They got through late, and I didn't want to call you because it was late, but the signals are the same as Senators Scott and Griffin and I gave you yesterday."},{"start":14.89,"end":16.43,"text":"They have some minor bills today."},{"start":16.49,"end":18.27,"text":"They're in session starting at 9 o'clock."},{"start":18.31,"end":22.2,"text":"They expect to conclude no later than 2 p.m. today."},{"start":23.02,"end":23.94,"text":"They expect to finish by 2."},{"start":24.06,"end":26.12,"text":"Yes, and there's no controversy of business today."},{"start":26.14,"end":28.5,"text":"They have some smaller bills that they're cleaning up, but..."},{"start":28.48,"end":32.69,"text":"Many senators are on their way already, and they don't expect that they'll be able to keep a quorum."},{"start":33.47,"end":35,"text":"I'll be on 2 o'clock, Mr. President."},{"start":35.08,"end":35.42,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":35.6,"end":36.05,"text":"You bet."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with Clark MacGregor regarding the Senate's legislative schedule and expected adjournment. MacGregor confirmed that the Senate would conclude its business by 2 p.m. following the passage of remaining minor, non-controversial bills. Due to many senators departing early, MacGregor expressed doubt that a quorum could be maintained for the remainder of the session.","topics":["Senate adjournment","Legislative schedule","Quorum","Clark MacGregor","Congressional relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:23:16.816Z"},"topicSlugs":["senate-adjournment","legislative-schedule","quorum","clark-macgregor","congressional-relations"],"audioDurationSec":37,"audioFiles":[{"file":"015-133.mp3","bytes":893386,"durationSec":37.15,"bitrate":192385,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.618Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/015-133.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-133","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/15/conversation-015-133","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}