{"conversationCode":"015-198","tapeNumber":15,"conversationNumber":198,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-015-198","startDateTime":"1971-12-02T17:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-02T17:17:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Dec-1971","startTime":"12:15 PM","endDate":"2-Dec-1971","endTime":"12:17 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Bennett, Frances (Grant);","description":"On December 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Frances (Grant) Bennett talked on the telephone from 12:15 pm to 12:17 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-198 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. 15-198\n\nDate: December 2, 1971\nTime: 12:15 pm - 12:17 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Wallace F. Bennett\n          -Surgery\n          -Frances (Grant) Bennett\n\nThe President talked with Frances Bennett.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 628-4]\n\n     Wallace Bennett\n          -Health","filename":["015a.mp3","015b.mp3","015c.mp3","015d.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:55:09","tapeEnd":"05:55:49","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Bennett, Frances (Grant)"],"prevCode":"015-197","nextCode":"015-199","tapeTranscriptFile":"015a.mp3,015b.mp3,015c.mp3,015d.mp3","transcript":[{"start":21309,"end":21321.4,"text":"Mae'n rhaid i ni ei wneud."},{"start":21321.42,"end":21322.47,"text":"Mae Gregor yn gweithio'n hir."},{"start":21323.05,"end":21324.78,"text":"Byddai'n beth gwych iddyn nhw gadael."},{"start":21324.81,"end":21325.26,"text":"Beth am 3.15?"},{"start":21325.32,"end":21329.8,"text":"Ydyn nhw'n meddwl eu bod yn gallu cadw hynny allan?"},{"start":21329.86,"end":21331.24,"text":"Mae hynny yw'r hyn maen nhw'n ei wneud."},{"start":21331.26,"end":21340.31,"text":"Mae'r adeiladau cymdeithasol hynny'n gallu cadw hynny allan i'r Prif Weinidog."},{"start":21340.33,"end":21343.19,"text":"Ond dyna'r peth maen nhw'n gwneud."},{"start":21343.57,"end":21349,"text":"Mae'n gallu cadw hynny allan i'r prif weinidog."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":21309,"end":21349,"startMethod":"tape_time","endMethod":"tape_time"},"transcriptConfidence":"low","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief telephone call with Frances Bennett to inquire about the medical status of her husband, Senator Wallace F. Bennett. The conversation focused on the Senator’s recent surgery and his ongoing recovery progress. No significant policy decisions were made, as the exchange served primarily as a gesture of personal concern regarding the Senator's health.","topics":["Wallace F. Bennett","Senator health","surgery","White House correspondence"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:29:09.946Z"},"topicSlugs":["wallace-f-bennett","senator-health","surgery","white-house-correspondence"],"audioDurationSec":40,"audioFiles":[{"file":"015a.mp3","bytes":117466173,"durationSec":7341.56,"bitrate":128001,"missing":false},{"file":"015b.mp3","bytes":117522598,"durationSec":7345.09,"bitrate":128001,"missing":false},{"file":"015c.mp3","bytes":117438588,"durationSec":7339.85,"bitrate":128001,"missing":false},{"file":"015d.mp3","bytes":13055790,"durationSec":815.91,"bitrate":128012,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T03:24:29.272Z","originalFilename":["015a.mp3","015b.mp3","015c.mp3","015d.mp3"],"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/015a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/015b.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/015c.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/015d.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-198","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/15/conversation-015-198","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}