{"conversationCode":"015-162","tapeNumber":15,"conversationNumber":162,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-015-162","startDateTime":"1971-11-29T21:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-29T22:02:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Nov-1971","startTime":"4:54 PM","endDate":"29-Nov-1971","endTime":"5:02 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 4:54 pm and 5:02 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-162 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. 15-162\n\nDate: November 29, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 4:54 pm and 5:02 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 306-10I]\n\n     Request for a call to John C. Whitaker","filename":["015-162.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:28:50","tapeEnd":"04:28:56","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"015-161","nextCode":"015-163","transcript":[{"start":2.83,"end":4.51,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with John C. Whitaker. The brief interaction served as a formal request to initiate communication with the administration official. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this request.","topics":["John C. Whitaker","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:25:52.713Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-c-whitaker","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"015-162.mp3","bytes":146075,"durationSec":6.03,"bitrate":193858,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.619Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/015-162.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-162","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/15/conversation-015-162","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}