{"conversationCode":"016-099","tapeNumber":16,"conversationNumber":99,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-016-099","startDateTime":"1971-12-12T13:38:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-12T16:05:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Dec-1971","startTime":"8:38 AM","endDate":"12-Dec-1971","endTime":"11:05 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:38 am and 11:05 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-099 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. 16-99\n\nDate: December 12, 1971\n\nTime: Unknown between 8:38 am and 11:05 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 637-10]\n\n     Request for a call to Alvin Snyder","filename":["016-099.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:41:15","tapeEnd":"03:41:28","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"016-098","nextCode":"016-100","transcript":[{"start":3.46,"end":10.07,"text":"Mr. Al Snyder, he's in the residence on the second floor."},{"start":10.13,"end":10.89,"text":"You can get him there."},{"start":10.91,"end":12,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to place a telephone call to Alvin Snyder. The President specifies that Snyder can be reached at his residence on the second floor of the White House. The brief exchange serves as an administrative instruction to facilitate communication between Nixon and a member of his staff.","topics":["Alvin Snyder","White House operations","Administrative communications","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:38:31.544Z"},"topicSlugs":["alvin-snyder","white-house-operations","administrative-communication","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"016-099.mp3","bytes":316603,"durationSec":13.13,"bitrate":192976,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.936Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/016-099.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-099","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/016/conversation-016-099","catalogNaId":417191447,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417191447","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}