{"conversationCode":"016-073","tapeNumber":16,"conversationNumber":73,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-016-073","startDateTime":"1971-12-09T19:39:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-09T19:46:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Dec-1971","startTime":"2:39 PM","endDate":"9-Dec-1971","endTime":"2:46 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 2:39 pm and 2:46 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-073 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. 16-73\n\nDate: December 9, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:39 pm and 2:46 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 634-4]\n\n     Request for a call to John W. Byrnes","filename":["016-073.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:31:28","tapeEnd":"02:31:36","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"016-072","nextCode":"016-074","transcript":[{"start":0.28,"end":5.91,"text":"Congressman Burns of Wisconsin."},{"start":5.93,"end":8.08,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief request to the White House operator to place a telephone call to Congressman John W. Byrnes of Wisconsin. The conversation serves solely as a logistical administrative step to facilitate direct communication with the legislator. No further substantive policy matters are discussed during this exchange.","topics":["John W. Byrnes","Legislative communication","White House operations","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:36:09.569Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-w-byrnes","legislative-communication","white-house-operations","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"016-073.mp3","bytes":195604,"durationSec":8.1,"bitrate":193286,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.936Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/016-073.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-073","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/16/conversation-016-073","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}