{"conversationCode":"016-007","tapeNumber":16,"conversationNumber":7,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-016-007","startDateTime":"1971-12-06T01:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-06T01:12:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Dec-1971","startTime":"8:03 PM","endDate":"5-Dec-1971","endTime":"8:12 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 8:03 pm and 8:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-007 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. 16-7\n\nDate: December 5, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:03 pm and 8:12 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["016-007.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:16:59","tapeEnd":"00:17:06","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"016-006","nextCode":"016-008","transcript":[{"start":3.32,"end":4.69,"text":"Dr. Kissinger, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a direct call to National Security Advisor Henry A. Kissinger. This brief interaction served solely as an administrative bridge to initiate a private consultation between the two men. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this request.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House communications","presidential coordination","administrative request"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:30:09.564Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-communications","presidential-coordination","administrative-request"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"016-007.mp3","bytes":174288,"durationSec":7.21,"bitrate":193396,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.619Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/016-007.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-007","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/16/conversation-016-007","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}