{"conversationCode":"016-005","tapeNumber":16,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-016-005","startDateTime":"1971-12-06T00:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-06T00:56:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Dec-1971","startTime":"7:52 PM","endDate":"5-Dec-1971","endTime":"7:56 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:52 pm and 7:56 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-005 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. 16-5\n\nDate: December 5, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 7:52 pm and 7:56 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to William P. Rogers","filename":["016-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:11:04","tapeEnd":"00:11:11","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"016-004","nextCode":"016-006","transcript":[{"start":3.29,"end":7.58,"text":"Secretary Rogers, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to place a telephone call to Secretary of State William P. Rogers. This brief administrative interaction serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate an upcoming direct consultation between the President and the Secretary. No substantive policy discussions occur during this specific segment of the communication.","topics":["William P. Rogers","White House operations","Diplomatic communication","Executive procedure"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:29:58.370Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-p-rogers","white-house-operations","diplomatic-communication","executive-procedure"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"016-005.mp3","bytes":186826,"durationSec":7.72,"bitrate":193675,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.620Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/016-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/16/conversation-016-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}