{"conversationCode":"016-019","tapeNumber":16,"conversationNumber":19,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-016-019","startDateTime":"1971-12-06T15:06:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-06T17:18:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Dec-1971","startTime":"10:06 AM","endDate":"6-Dec-1971","endTime":"12:18 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Connally, John B.;","description":"On December 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John B. Connally talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:06 am and 12:18 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-019 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. 16-19\n\nDate: December 6, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:06 am and 12:18 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator; the President can be heard talking to an\nunknown person [John B. Connally?] in the background.\n[See Conversation No. 630-3A]\n\n     Request for a call to Romana A. Banuelos","filename":["016-019.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:50:25","tapeEnd":"00:50:38","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Connally, John B."],"prevCode":"016-018","nextCode":"016-020","transcript":[{"start":0.57,"end":5.49,"text":"Mr. President?"},{"start":7.44,"end":10.75,"text":"Would you get me Ms. Manuelos, please?"},{"start":10.93,"end":11.49,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a call through the White House operator to reach Romana A. Banuelos, the Treasurer of the United States. The exchange focuses on administrative coordination to establish communication with Banuelos. No substantive policy matters are addressed in this brief logistical recording.","topics":["Romana A. Banuelos","White House operations","Presidential communications","scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:31:16.092Z"},"topicSlugs":["romana-a-banuelos","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"016-019.mp3","bytes":317230,"durationSec":13.14,"bitrate":193082,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.619Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/016-019.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-019","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/16/conversation-016-019","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}