{"conversationCode":"015-178","tapeNumber":15,"conversationNumber":178,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-015-178","startDateTime":"1971-12-01T16:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-01T17:15:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Dec-1971","startTime":"11:00 AM","endDate":"1-Dec-1971","endTime":"12:15 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 1, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:00 am and 12:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-178 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. 15-178\n\nDate: December 1, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:00 am and 12:15 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 627-9A]\n\n     Request for a call to James Harvey","filename":["015-178.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:46:32","tapeEnd":"04:46:39","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"015-177","nextCode":"015-179","transcript":[{"start":0.25,"end":2.97,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.07,"end":5.67,"text":"Congressman James Harvey of Michigan, please."},{"start":5.73,"end":6.51,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a call to Congressman James Harvey of Michigan through the White House operator. This brief exchange serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate direct communication between the President and the Representative. No further discussion occurs during this segment as the operator proceeds to place the requested call.","topics":["James Harvey","White House operator","Congressional relations","Communication logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:27:19.681Z"},"topicSlugs":["james-harvey","white-house-operator","congressional-relations","communication-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"015-178.mp3","bytes":175541,"durationSec":7.26,"bitrate":193391,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.618Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/015-178.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-178","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/015/conversation-015-178","catalogNaId":417191201,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417191201","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}