{"conversationCode":"016-033","tapeNumber":16,"conversationNumber":33,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-016-033","startDateTime":"1971-12-07T04:12:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-07T04:28:00.000Z","startDate":"6-Dec-1971","startTime":"11:12 PM","endDate":"6-Dec-1971","endTime":"11:28 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Kissinger, Henry A.; White House operator;","description":"On December 6, 1971, Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:12 pm and 11:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-033 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. 16-33\n\nDate: December 6, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:12 pm and 11:28 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nHenry A. Kissinger talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to Harold H. Saunders","filename":["016-033.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:06:23","tapeEnd":"01:06:33","participantsList":["Kissinger, Henry A.","White House operator"],"prevCode":"016-032","nextCode":"016-034","transcript":[{"start":3.79,"end":6.94,"text":"Get me Mr. Saunders of my staff, this is Mr. Kissinger."},{"start":7.46,"end":9.31,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Henry A. Kissinger contacted the White House operator to request an immediate phone connection with Harold H. Saunders, a member of his National Security Council staff. This interaction served solely as a logistical request to facilitate a direct conversation between Kissinger and Saunders. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this brief exchange.","topics":["National Security Council","Harold H. Saunders","Logistics","Communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:32:32.358Z"},"topicSlugs":["national-security-council","harold-h-saunders","logistics","communication"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"016-033.mp3","bytes":225697,"durationSec":9.34,"bitrate":193372,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.618Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/016-033.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-033","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/16/conversation-016-033","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}