{"conversationCode":"016-102","tapeNumber":16,"conversationNumber":102,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-016-102","startDateTime":"1971-12-14T23:44:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-14T23:44:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Dec-1971","startTime":"6:44 PM","endDate":"14-Dec-1971","endTime":"6:44 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 6:44 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-102 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. 16-102\n\nDate: December 14, 1971\nTime: 6:44 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n     Henry A. Kissinger's location","filename":["016-102.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:42:26","tapeEnd":"03:42:37","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"016-101","nextCode":"016-103","transcript":[{"start":0.3,"end":1.63,"text":"You know."},{"start":1.79,"end":5.02,"text":"Mr. President, Dr. Kissinger has a Soviet night, I say, with him."},{"start":5.04,"end":7.87,"text":"Could he call you back in five minutes?"},{"start":8.03,"end":8.13,"text":"Sure."},{"start":8.15,"end":8.37,"text":"Yes, ma'am."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and the White House operator discuss the current availability of National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. The operator informs the President that Kissinger is occupied with a Soviet-related commitment and requests permission for him to return the call. Nixon approves this brief delay, setting the stage for a follow-up conversation once Kissinger is free.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","Soviet Union","White House communications","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:38:48.077Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","soviet-union","white-house-communications","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"016-102.mp3","bytes":280867,"durationSec":11.64,"bitrate":192976,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.620Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/016-102.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-102","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/16/conversation-016-102","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}