{"conversationCode":"016-031","tapeNumber":16,"conversationNumber":31,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-016-031","startDateTime":"1971-12-07T04:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-07T04:11:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Dec-1971","startTime":"11:05 PM","endDate":"6-Dec-1971","endTime":"11:11 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]; White House operator;","description":"On December 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:05 pm and 11:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-031 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. 16-31\n\nDate: December 6, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:05 pm and 11:11 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\n[The President conferred with an unknown person]\n\n[End of conferral]\n\nThe President talked to the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["016-031.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:05:33","tapeEnd":"01:05:40","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]","White House operator"],"prevCode":"016-030","nextCode":"016-032","transcript":[{"start":2.21,"end":3.27,"text":"Kissinger, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a call through the White House operator to contact Henry A. Kissinger. The brief communication serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate direct consultation between the President and his National Security Advisor. No substantive policy matters are discussed, as the interaction is limited to the procedural request for connection.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House operations","Presidential communication","National Security"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:32:21.416Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","national-security"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"016-031.mp3","bytes":130402,"durationSec":5.37,"bitrate":194100,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.619Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/016-031.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-031","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/16/conversation-016-031","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}