{"conversationCode":"016-051","tapeNumber":16,"conversationNumber":51,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-016-051","startDateTime":"1971-12-08T19:22:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-08T20:30:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Dec-1971","startTime":"2:22 PM","endDate":"8-Dec-1971","endTime":"3:30 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 2:22 pm and 3:30 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-051 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. 16-51\n\nDate: December 8, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:22 pm and 3:30 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 307-17A]\n\n     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["016-051.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:48:36","tapeEnd":"01:48:45","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"016-050","nextCode":"016-052","transcript":[{"start":1.69,"end":3.65,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.67,"end":4.52,"text":"Colson, please."},{"start":4.54,"end":5.26,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call through the White House operator to connect with Special Counsel Charles W. Colson. The exchange serves solely as a logistical request to establish communication with a senior advisor. No substantive policy matters or tactical decisions are recorded during this brief connection process.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House communications","Presidential scheduling","Internal administration logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:34:10.015Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling","internal-administration-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"016-051.mp3","bytes":203754,"durationSec":8.43,"bitrate":193295,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.619Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/016-051.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-051","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/16/conversation-016-051","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}