{"conversationCode":"016-011","tapeNumber":16,"conversationNumber":11,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-016-011","startDateTime":"1971-12-06T14:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-06T14:07:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Dec-1971","startTime":"9:00 AM","endDate":"6-Dec-1971","endTime":"9:07 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 9:07 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-011 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. 16-11\n\nDate: December 6, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:00 am and 9:07 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 629-6A]\n\n     Request for a call to William P. Rogers","filename":["016-011.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:33:04","tapeEnd":"00:33:10","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"016-010","nextCode":"016-012","transcript":[{"start":0.23,"end":4.62,"text":"Rogers."},{"start":6.11,"end":6.29,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to place a telephone call to Secretary of State William P. Rogers. This brief exchange serves as a logistical coordination to facilitate direct communication between the President and his chief diplomat. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this connection beyond the placement of the call.","topics":["William P. Rogers","White House operations","Presidential communications","diplomatic coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:30:32.058Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-p-rogers","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","diplomatic-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"016-011.mp3","bytes":151718,"durationSec":6.25,"bitrate":194306,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.619Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/016-011.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-011","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/16/conversation-016-011","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}