{"conversationCode":"016-071","tapeNumber":16,"conversationNumber":71,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-016-071","startDateTime":"1971-12-09T16:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-09T19:38:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Dec-1971","startTime":"11:55 AM","endDate":"9-Dec-1971","endTime":"2:38 PM","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 11:55 am and 2:38 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-071 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. 16-71\n\nDate: December 9, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:55 am and 2:38 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 634-2]\n\n     Requested a call to Wilbur D. Mills","filename":["016-071.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:29:45","tapeEnd":"02:29:51","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"016-070","nextCode":"016-072","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":2.17,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":2.21,"end":3.62,"text":"Congressman Mills, please."},{"start":3.74,"end":6.04,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief telephone request to the White House operator to be connected with Congressman Wilbur D. Mills. The conversation served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the President and the influential Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. No further policy discussion occurred during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["Wilbur D. Mills","Legislative relations","White House operations","Communication logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:35:57.791Z"},"topicSlugs":["wilbur-d-mills","legislative-relations","white-house-operations","communication-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"016-071.mp3","bytes":145448,"durationSec":6,"bitrate":193810,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.618Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/016-071.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-071","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/16/conversation-016-071","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}