{"conversationCode":"015-159","tapeNumber":15,"conversationNumber":159,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-015-159","startDateTime":"1971-11-29T21:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-29T21:52:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Nov-1971","startTime":"4:00 PM","endDate":"29-Nov-1971","endTime":"4:52 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 at an unknown time between 4:00 pm and 4:52 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-159 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. 15-159\n\nDate: November 29, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 4:00 pm and 4:52 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\fThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 306-10E]\n\n     Request for a call to Robert H. Finch","filename":["015-159.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:26:39","tapeEnd":"04:26:45","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"015-158","nextCode":"015-160","transcript":[{"start":0.27,"end":6.34,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection to Robert H. Finch. This administrative exchange served as the precursor to a subsequent private discussion between the President and his counselor. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief request for assistance.","topics":["Robert H. Finch","White House operations","Presidential communications","Administrative request"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:25:36.942Z"},"topicSlugs":["robert-h-finch","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","administrative-request"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"015-159.mp3","bytes":152972,"durationSec":6.3,"bitrate":194214,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.619Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/015-159.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-159","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/15/conversation-015-159","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}