{"conversationCode":"015-148","tapeNumber":15,"conversationNumber":148,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-015-148","startDateTime":"1971-11-29T16:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-29T16:26:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Nov-1971","startTime":"11:25 AM","endDate":"29-Nov-1971","endTime":"11:26 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; MacGregor, Clark;","description":"On November 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone from 11:25 am to 11:26 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-148 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. 15-148\n\nDate: November 29, 1971\nTime: 11:25 am - 11:26 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Clark MacGregor\n\nThe President talked with MacGregor.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 625-20B]\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Meeting with MacGregor and Ronald L. Ziegler\n               -Raymond K. Price, Jr.\n               -Calls to unknown person\n               -Time","filename":["015-148.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:10:38","tapeEnd":"04:11:11","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","MacGregor, Clark"],"prevCode":"015-147","nextCode":"015-149","transcript":[{"start":0.13,"end":3.52,"text":"Mr. McGregor, Mr. President."},{"start":3.96,"end":5.12,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."},{"start":5.14,"end":7.26,"text":"I understand you're going to go now at the earlier time."},{"start":8.07,"end":10.69,"text":"Ron Ziegler came in and felt it was imperative that we go earlier."},{"start":10.89,"end":12.17,"text":"I've asked Ray Price's help."},{"start":12.19,"end":13.76,"text":"He's sitting right here, Mr. President."},{"start":13.78,"end":13.88,"text":"Fine."},{"start":13.9,"end":17.12,"text":"As soon as you're ready and want to talk to me, you just come right in."},{"start":17.14,"end":17.96,"text":"I'll be waiting for you."},{"start":18.16,"end":18.56,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":18.58,"end":19.02,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":19.05,"end":20.11,"text":"We'll look it over."},{"start":20.43,"end":25.3,"text":"But do try to, by phone, have some of your guys alert some of the people to..."},{"start":25.92,"end":28.36,"text":"to some of our guys to get it in."},{"start":28.38,"end":28.58,"text":"Okay."},{"start":28.91,"end":31.83,"text":"Be well, Mr. President, and we should be in your office in about 15 minutes."},{"start":31.89,"end":32.92,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon coordinated an urgent scheduling adjustment for a meeting with Clark MacGregor and Ronald L. Ziegler regarding ongoing staff projects. The President instructed MacGregor to enlist the assistance of speechwriter Raymond K. Price, Jr. to finalize preparations before the group convened in the Oval Office. Nixon also directed MacGregor to utilize phone outreach to ensure key personnel were alerted to specific action items.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Clark MacGregor","Ronald L. Ziegler","Raymond K. Price Jr.","White House administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:24:37.500Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","clark-macgregor","ronald-l-ziegler","raymond-k-price-jr","white-house-administration"],"audioDurationSec":33,"audioFiles":[{"file":"015-148.mp3","bytes":790568,"durationSec":32.88,"bitrate":192380,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.619Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/015-148.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-148","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/15/conversation-015-148","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}