{"conversationCode":"016-017","tapeNumber":16,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-016-017","startDateTime":"1971-12-06T14:42:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-06T15:01:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Dec-1971","startTime":"9:42 AM","endDate":"6-Dec-1971","endTime":"10:01 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On December 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:42 am and 10:01 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-017 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. 16-17\n\nDate: December 6, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:42 am and 10:01 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked to the White House operator; an unknown person can be heard in the\nbackground.\n\n[See Conversation No. 629-6E]\n\n     Request for a call to Wilbur D. Mills","filename":["016-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:44:41","tapeEnd":"00:44:50","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"016-016","nextCode":"016-018","transcript":[{"start":0.47,"end":6.31,"text":"Could I get Congressman Mills, please?"},{"start":6.33,"end":8.69,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to place a telephone call to Congressman Wilbur D. Mills. While the specific nature of the discussion is not preserved in this brief segment, the communication indicates an attempt to establish direct contact with the influential Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. This interaction highlights the President's ongoing efforts to engage with congressional leadership on legislative matters.","topics":["Wilbur D. Mills","Congressional relations","Legislative strategy","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:31:04.828Z"},"topicSlugs":["wilbur-d-mills","congressional-relations","legislative-strategy","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"016-017.mp3","bytes":209396,"durationSec":8.65,"bitrate":193570,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.618Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/016-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/16/conversation-016-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}