{"conversationCode":"016-096","tapeNumber":16,"conversationNumber":96,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-016-096","startDateTime":"1971-12-11T01:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-11T01:15:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Dec-1971","startTime":"8:15 PM","endDate":"10-Dec-1971","endTime":"8:15 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 8:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-096 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. 16-96\n\nDate: December 10, 1971\nTime: 8:15 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":["016-096.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:31:04","tapeEnd":"03:31:16","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"016-095","nextCode":"016-097","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.93,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":1.95,"end":3.27,"text":"Call some police."},{"start":3.57,"end":3.73,"text":"Alright."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephonic interaction with the White House operator to request a connection to Charles W. Colson. The call serves as an administrative bridge to facilitate direct communication with his special counsel. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief exchange.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House communications","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:38:15.156Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"016-096.mp3","bytes":272717,"durationSec":11.29,"bitrate":193198,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.619Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/016-096.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-096","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/16/conversation-016-096","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}