{"conversationCode":"016-043","tapeNumber":16,"conversationNumber":43,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-016-043","startDateTime":"1971-12-08T15:28:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-08T15:52:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Dec-1971","startTime":"10:28 AM","endDate":"8-Dec-1971","endTime":"10:52 AM","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 10:52 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-043 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. 16-43\n\nDate: December 8, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:28 am - 10:52 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to John B. Connally","filename":["016-043.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:25:18","tapeEnd":"01:25:23","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"016-042","nextCode":"016-044","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":2.3,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":2.32,"end":3.45,"text":"Secretary Connolly, please."},{"start":3.47,"end":5.55,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief administrative call to connect with Secretary of the Treasury John B. Connally. The President provides a direct request to the White House operator to facilitate this communication. No further policy or substantive discussion occurs during this short exchange.","topics":["John B. Connally","White House operations","Treasury Department","communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:33:25.902Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-b-connally","white-house-operations","treasury-department","communications"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"016-043.mp3","bytes":134164,"durationSec":5.52,"bitrate":194518,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.619Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/016-043.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-043","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/16/conversation-016-043","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}