{"conversationCode":"015-180","tapeNumber":15,"conversationNumber":180,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-015-180","startDateTime":"1971-12-01T17:21:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-01T17:21:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Dec-1971","startTime":"12:21 PM","endDate":"1-Dec-1971","endTime":"12:21 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 12:21 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-180 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. 15-180\n\nDate: December 1, 1971\nTime: 12:21 pm\n\fLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 627-9C]\n\n     Request for a call to Clarence J. Brown","filename":["015-180.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:49:53","tapeEnd":"04:50:03","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"015-179","nextCode":"015-181","transcript":[{"start":0.18,"end":8.07,"text":"Mr. Clarence Brown of Ohio, Congressman."},{"start":8.17,"end":9.23,"text":"Right, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a call to Congressman Clarence J. Brown of Ohio through the White House operator. The conversation serves as a brief administrative coordination to facilitate direct communication between the President and the Representative. No substantive policy matters are discussed during this connection process.","topics":["Clarence J. Brown","Executive communication","Congressional relations","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:27:30.458Z"},"topicSlugs":["clarence-j-brown","executive-communication","congressional-relations","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"015-180.mp3","bytes":246386,"durationSec":10.2,"bitrate":193219,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.618Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/015-180.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-180","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/015/conversation-015-180","catalogNaId":417191205,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417191205","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}