{"conversationCode":"016-061","tapeNumber":16,"conversationNumber":61,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-016-061","startDateTime":"1971-12-08T22:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-08T22:16:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Dec-1971","startTime":"5:14 PM","endDate":"8-Dec-1971","endTime":"5:16 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 5:14 pm and 5:16 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-061 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. 16-61\n\nDate: December 8, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:14 pm and 5:16 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 307-32]\n\n     Request for a call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon","filename":["016-061.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:13:37","tapeEnd":"02:13:43","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"016-060","nextCode":"016-062","transcript":[{"start":2.77,"end":4.06,"text":"Mrs. Nixon, please."},{"start":4.08,"end":4.39,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request a telephone connection with First Lady Pat Nixon. The brief interaction served solely as a functional bridge to facilitate a private conversation between the President and his wife. No policy matters or significant administrative decisions were discussed during this exchange.","topics":["Pat Nixon","White House Operator","Personal communications","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:35:03.373Z"},"topicSlugs":["pat-nixon","white-house-operator","personal-communications","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"016-061.mp3","bytes":160495,"durationSec":6.61,"bitrate":194113,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.618Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/016-061.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-061","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/16/conversation-016-061","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}