{"conversationCode":"016-042","tapeNumber":16,"conversationNumber":42,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-016-042","startDateTime":"1971-12-08T15:28:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-08T19:15:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Dec-1971","startTime":"10:28 AM","endDate":"8-Dec-1971","endTime":"2:15 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 10:28 am and 2:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-042 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. 16-42\n\nDate: December 8, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:28 am and 2:15 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n     John W. McCormack’s location","filename":["016-042.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:25:08","tapeEnd":"01:25:18","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"016-041","nextCode":"016-043","transcript":[{"start":0.27,"end":1.91,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":1.93,"end":4.54,"text":"Mr. President, Speaker McCormick is out till about noon."},{"start":4.56,"end":5.13,"text":"That's right."},{"start":5.17,"end":5.89,"text":"Could I have some call yet?"},{"start":5.91,"end":6.85,"text":"Anytime."},{"start":6.87,"end":8.22,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to determine the current whereabouts and availability of former Speaker of the House John W. McCormack. Upon learning that McCormack would be unavailable until midday, the President instructed the operator to place a call to him at any time thereafter. This brief exchange served as a coordination effort to facilitate a future communication between the two men.","topics":["John W. McCormack","White House switchboard","scheduling","presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:33:20.883Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-w-mccormack","white-house-switchboard","scheduling","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"016-042.mp3","bytes":230085,"durationSec":9.51,"bitrate":193491,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.619Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/016-042.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-042","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/16/conversation-016-042","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}