{"conversationCode":"016-041","tapeNumber":16,"conversationNumber":41,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-016-041","startDateTime":"1971-12-08T15:28:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-08T15:28:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Dec-1971","startTime":"10:28 AM","endDate":"8-Dec-1971","endTime":"10:28 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:28 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-041 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. 16-41\n\nDate: December 8, 1971\nTime: 10:28 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Requested a call to John W. McCormack","filename":["016-041.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:25:01","tapeEnd":"01:25:08","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"016-040","nextCode":"016-042","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":2.49,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":2.51,"end":4.8,"text":"Could you get me Speaker McCormick, please?"},{"start":4.9,"end":6.04,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to former Speaker of the House John W. McCormack. This brief exchange served as a logistical request to initiate communication with the former legislative leader. No further substantive matters were discussed during this brief interaction.","topics":["John W. McCormack","White House communications","Legislative outreach"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:33:15.880Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-w-mccormack","white-house-communications","legislative-outreach"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"016-041.mp3","bytes":172407,"durationSec":7.12,"bitrate":193757,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.620Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/016-041.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-041","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/16/conversation-016-041","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}