{"conversationCode":"015-149","tapeNumber":15,"conversationNumber":149,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-015-149","startDateTime":"1971-11-29T16:27:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-29T16:28:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Nov-1971","startTime":"11:27 AM","endDate":"29-Nov-1971","endTime":"11:28 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 11:27 am to 11:28 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-149 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. 15-149\n\nDate: November 29, 1971\nTime: 11:27 am - 11:28 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     John J. Rooney\n\nThe President talked with Rooney.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 625-20C]\n\n     Birthday greetings","filename":["015-149.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:11:11","tapeEnd":"04:11:46","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"015-148","nextCode":"015-150","transcript":[{"start":0.13,"end":6.31,"text":"Mr. President, I have Congressman John Rooney for you"},{"start":7.19,"end":7.83,"text":"Hello."},{"start":8.31,"end":8.85,"text":"Hello, Mr. President."},{"start":9.13,"end":14.96,"text":"John, I didn't want to have one of your old colleagues from going clear back to the 80th miss your birthday."},{"start":15.52,"end":16.76,"text":"Oh, isn't that nice of you?"},{"start":16.93,"end":22.39,"text":"I know that you Irish go for a big bash on such a night, so go home and have fun, okay?"},{"start":23.38,"end":24.2,"text":"I got too old for that, Mr. President."},{"start":24.22,"end":25.36,"text":"No, and spend a little..."},{"start":25.38,"end":25.98,"text":"It was nice of you."},{"start":26,"end":32.37,"text":"Yeah, well, good to talk to you, and we'll wish you the best, okay?"},{"start":32.47,"end":32.91,"text":"Very, very much."},{"start":32.98,"end":33.82,"text":"Many happy returns."},{"start":33.88,"end":34.08,"text":"Bye."},{"start":34.26,"end":35,"text":"Very, very much."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon placed a brief call to Congressman John J. Rooney to extend personal birthday greetings. The conversation served as a courteous gesture to maintain rapport with the veteran legislator, reflecting on their shared history dating back to the 80th Congress. No political or policy matters were discussed during this interaction.","topics":["John J. Rooney","Birthday","Congressional relations","Personal correspondence"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:24:42.962Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-j-rooney","birthday","congressional-relations","personal-correspondence"],"audioDurationSec":35,"audioFiles":[{"file":"015-149.mp3","bytes":840724,"durationSec":34.95,"bitrate":192421,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.619Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/015-149.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-149","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/15/conversation-015-149","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}