{"conversationCode":"016-069","tapeNumber":16,"conversationNumber":69,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-016-069","startDateTime":"1971-12-09T16:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-09T16:53:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Dec-1971","startTime":"11:35 AM","endDate":"9-Dec-1971","endTime":"11:53 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:35 am and 11:53 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-069 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. 16-69\n\nDate: December 9, 1971\n\nTime: Unknown between 11:35 am and 11:53 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 633-11B]\n\n     Request for a call to Mrs. Willis Smith, Sr. [Anna Lee Smith]\n\n     Mrs. Smith\n          -Willis Smith, Sr.\n          -Willis Smith, Jr.\n               -Death\n          -Home\n               -North Carolina\n               -Charles R. Jonas’ office","filename":["016-069.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:27:07","tapeEnd":"02:27:32","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"016-068","nextCode":"016-070","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":1,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":2.04,"end":4.92,"text":"Would you get me Mrs. Willis Smith?"},{"start":5.73,"end":10.76,"text":"Now, she is the widow of the former senator from North Carolina, Willis Smith."},{"start":12.62,"end":18.01,"text":"And her son was just killed over the weekend automobile accident."},{"start":18.03,"end":20.51,"text":"She's at home, at her home in North Carolina."},{"start":20.55,"end":23.12,"text":"Probably Mr. Jonas' office would be able to tell you."},{"start":23.14,"end":23.8,"text":"Fine, Mr. President."},{"start":23.82,"end":25.36,"text":"I'll check that."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directed the White House operator to place a condolence call to Anna Lee Smith, the widow of former North Carolina Senator Willis Smith. The President sought to reach Mrs. Smith at her home following the recent death of her son in an automobile accident. He advised the operator to contact the office of Representative Charles R. Jonas to obtain the necessary telephone information for connecting the call.","topics":["Condolences","Anna Lee Smith","Willis Smith","Charles R. Jonas","North Carolina","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:35:47.249Z"},"topicSlugs":["condolences","anna-lee-smith","willis-smith","charles-r-jonas","north-carolina","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":25,"audioFiles":[{"file":"016-069.mp3","bytes":609383,"durationSec":25.33,"bitrate":192482,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.619Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/016-069.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-069","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/16/conversation-016-069","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}