{"conversationCode":"016-075","tapeNumber":16,"conversationNumber":75,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-016-075","startDateTime":"1971-12-09T19:48:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-10T00:42:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Dec-1971","startTime":"2:48 PM","endDate":"9-Dec-1971","endTime":"7:42 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 2:48 pm and 7:42 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-075 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. 16-75\n\nDate: December 9, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:48 pm and 7:42 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["016-075.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:32:57","tapeEnd":"02:33:08","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"016-074","nextCode":"016-076","transcript":[{"start":7.83,"end":11.71,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call to Charles W. Colson. The brief exchange served as a logistical step to initiate communication with a key staff member. No substantive political or policy discussions occurred during this brief interaction.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:36:20.679Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"016-075.mp3","bytes":281494,"durationSec":11.68,"bitrate":192869,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.619Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/016-075.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-075","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/16/conversation-016-075","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}