{"conversationCode":"016-049","tapeNumber":16,"conversationNumber":49,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-016-049","startDateTime":"1971-12-08T16:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-08T19:15:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Dec-1971","startTime":"11:14 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 11:14 am and 2:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-049 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. 16-49\n\nDate: December 8, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:14 am and 2:15 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 307-11]\n\n     Request for a call to John W. McCormack","filename":["016-049.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:41:14","tapeEnd":"01:41:23","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"016-048","nextCode":"016-050","transcript":[{"start":3.58,"end":4.7,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."},{"start":4.72,"end":5.65,"text":"Do you want to talk to him now?"},{"start":5.83,"end":6.46,"text":"You can get him now."},{"start":6.68,"end":7.34,"text":"Fine, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to former Speaker of the House John W. McCormack. The exchange served as a brief administrative request to facilitate communication between the President and McCormack. The conversation concluded with the operator confirming she would initiate the call immediately.","topics":["John W. McCormack","White House communications","Presidential scheduling","Administrative procedure"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:33:58.760Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-w-mccormack","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling","administrative-procedure"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"016-049.mp3","bytes":211904,"durationSec":8.76,"bitrate":193559,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.619Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/016-049.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-049","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/16/conversation-016-049","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}