{"conversationCode":"016-077","tapeNumber":16,"conversationNumber":77,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-016-077","startDateTime":"1971-12-10T13:23:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-10T17:14:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Dec-1971","startTime":"8:23 AM","endDate":"10-Dec-1971","endTime":"12:14 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:23 am and 12:14 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-077 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. 16-77\n\nDate: December 10, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:23 am and 12:14 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to Stephen B. Bull","filename":["016-077.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:00:32","tapeEnd":"03:00:38","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"016-076","nextCode":"016-078","transcript":[{"start":0.49,"end":4.39,"text":"Steve Ball, please."},{"start":4.41,"end":5.3,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone exchange to request that the White House operator connect him with Stephen B. Bull. The conversation serves strictly as a logistical directive to facilitate communication with a key aide. No further policy or administrative matters are addressed during this brief call.","topics":["Stephen B. Bull","White House operations","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:36:31.646Z"},"topicSlugs":["stephen-b-bull","white-house-operations","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"016-077.mp3","bytes":129775,"durationSec":5.35,"bitrate":193913,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.620Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/016-077.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-077","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/16/conversation-016-077","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}