{"conversationCode":"015-169","tapeNumber":15,"conversationNumber":169,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-015-169","startDateTime":"1971-11-29T22:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-29T22:47:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Nov-1971","startTime":"5:45 PM","endDate":"29-Nov-1971","endTime":"5:47 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 5:45 pm and 5:47 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-169 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. 15-169\n\nDate: November 29, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:45 pm and 5:47 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 306-14C]\n\n     Cancellation of call to Clark MacGregor\n\n     Request for a call to William E. Timmons","filename":["015-169.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:36:26","tapeEnd":"04:36:37","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"015-168","nextCode":"015-170","transcript":[{"start":0.39,"end":7.57,"text":"Operator, I called McGregor, but he's in New York."},{"start":7.59,"end":9.31,"text":"Get Timmons for me, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to cancel a previously placed call to Clark MacGregor after learning that MacGregor was unavailable in New York. The President immediately pivoted, instructing the operator to place a new call to William E. Timmons instead. This brief administrative exchange reflects the President’s active management of his communications and scheduling of legislative liaison staff.","topics":["Clark MacGregor","William E. Timmons","White House operations","Scheduling","Legislative liaison"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:26:30.823Z"},"topicSlugs":["clark-macgregor","william-e-timmons","white-house-operations","scheduling","legislative-liaison"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"015-169.mp3","bytes":250774,"durationSec":10.37,"bitrate":193439,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.618Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/015-169.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-169","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/15/conversation-015-169","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}