{"conversationCode":"015-197","tapeNumber":15,"conversationNumber":197,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-015-197","startDateTime":"1971-12-02T16:31:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-02T17:15:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Dec-1971","startTime":"11:31 AM","endDate":"2-Dec-1971","endTime":"12:15 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:31 am and 12:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-197 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. 15-197\n\nDate: December 2, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:31 am and 12:15 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 628-3]\n\n     Request for a call to Wallace F. Bennett\n         -Bennett's location\n                -Phone number\n                -Surgery","filename":["015-197.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:54:48","tapeEnd":"05:55:09","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"015-196","nextCode":"015-198","transcript":[{"start":3.41,"end":5.33,"text":"Senator Bennett, please."},{"start":5.35,"end":8.54,"text":"I believe he's been sick."},{"start":8.56,"end":9.86,"text":"He may be in the hospital."},{"start":10.6,"end":12.27,"text":"Yeah, room 1200."},{"start":12.33,"end":13.09,"text":"Well, here's the number."},{"start":13.53,"end":13.77,"text":"Okay."},{"start":13.79,"end":14.59,"text":"You have 295-0892."},{"start":14.61,"end":15.01,"text":"0892."},{"start":15.43,"end":21.03,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon requested that the White House operator facilitate a call to Senator Wallace F. Bennett. The operator informed the President that Senator Bennett was currently hospitalized and provided the necessary contact information for his room. This brief administrative interaction concluded with the President confirming the phone number to reach the Senator.","topics":["Wallace F. Bennett","White House operator","Presidential communication","Senator","Hospitalization"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:29:04.632Z"},"topicSlugs":["wallace-f-bennett","white-house-operator","presidential-communication","senator","hospitalization"],"audioDurationSec":23,"audioFiles":[{"file":"015-197.mp3","bytes":548570,"durationSec":22.8,"bitrate":192450,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.619Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/015-197.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-197","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/15/conversation-015-197","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}