{"conversationCode":"016-056","tapeNumber":16,"conversationNumber":56,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-016-056","startDateTime":"1971-12-08T20:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-08T20:44:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Dec-1971","startTime":"3:43 PM","endDate":"8-Dec-1971","endTime":"3:44 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Mitchell, John N.;","description":"On December 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and John N. Mitchell talked on the telephone from 3:43 pm to 3:44 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-056 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. 16-56\n\nDate: December 8, 1971\nTime: 3:43 pm - 3:44 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with John N. Mitchell.\n\n[See Conversation No. 307-21]\n\n     James R. (“Jimmy”) Hoffa\n          -Mitchell's location\n                -President asks him to come to Executive Office Building [EOB]","filename":["016-056.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:58:54","tapeEnd":"01:59:34","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Mitchell, John N."],"prevCode":"016-055","nextCode":"016-057","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.42,"text":"Hello, Mr. President."},{"start":2.65,"end":3.58,"text":"Hi, John, how are you?"},{"start":3.6,"end":4.14,"text":"Very good, sir."},{"start":4.16,"end":4.66,"text":"I hope you are."},{"start":5.1,"end":5.26,"text":"Fine."},{"start":5.9,"end":10.69,"text":"I was wanting to chat maybe a little about that Hoffa thing again."},{"start":10.85,"end":11.27,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":11.37,"end":14.12,"text":"You're pretty close to the time you have to make a decision."},{"start":14.13,"end":15.44,"text":"Yes, sir, at your convenience."},{"start":15.46,"end":16.7,"text":"Yeah, yeah."},{"start":16.72,"end":17.94,"text":"Are you at your office now?"},{"start":17.96,"end":18.56,"text":"Yes, I am."},{"start":18.72,"end":18.96,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":19,"end":20.11,"text":"Could you come over to the EOB?"},{"start":20.55,"end":21.41,"text":"I certainly can, sir."},{"start":21.43,"end":22.99,"text":"Or are you tied up?"},{"start":23.09,"end":24.45,"text":"No, I'm..."},{"start":25.12,"end":27.85,"text":"I think I can get over there in short order."},{"start":28.31,"end":28.73,"text":"Fine."},{"start":29.05,"end":30.08,"text":"I will do so."},{"start":30.42,"end":30.72,"text":"Fine."},{"start":30.74,"end":31.36,"text":"I don't have any."},{"start":31.52,"end":34.07,"text":"I got somebody in at 4.30, but I have nothing before then."},{"start":34.11,"end":35.83,"text":"So any time suits your convenience."},{"start":35.95,"end":36.43,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":36.51,"end":37.78,"text":"I'll be over shortly."},{"start":37.8,"end":37.96,"text":"Bye."},{"start":37.98,"end":38.78,"text":"All right, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Attorney General John Mitchell coordinate a meeting to discuss the impending decision regarding James R. Hoffa. The President requests that Mitchell travel to the Executive Office Building to review the matter further before a later appointment. Mitchell confirms his availability and agrees to meet with the President shortly.","topics":["James R. Hoffa","John N. Mitchell","Executive Office Building","Executive Clemency","Presidential Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:34:36.969Z"},"topicSlugs":["james-r-hoffa","john-n-mitchell","executive-office-building","executive-clemency","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":40,"audioFiles":[{"file":"016-056.mp3","bytes":965484,"durationSec":40.17,"bitrate":192264,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.620Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/016-056.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-056","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/16/conversation-016-056","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}