{"conversationCode":"016-106","tapeNumber":16,"conversationNumber":106,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-016-106","startDateTime":"1971-12-18T17:37:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-18T17:42:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Dec-1971","startTime":"12:37 PM","endDate":"18-Dec-1971","endTime":"12:42 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:37 pm and 12:42 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-106 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. 16-106\n\nDate: December 18, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:37 pm and 12:42 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 639-2]\n\n     Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["016-106.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:46:55","tapeEnd":"03:47:03","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"016-105","nextCode":"016-107","transcript":[{"start":1.45,"end":4.94,"text":"Please."},{"start":4.96,"end":7.6,"text":"Ziggler, please."},{"start":7.62,"end":8.71,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to connect him with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief interaction serves solely as a logistical communication to facilitate official contact between the President and his press aide. No policy discussions occur during this exchange.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Communication protocols","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:39:10.022Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","communication-protocols","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"016-106.mp3","bytes":209396,"durationSec":8.67,"bitrate":193265,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.936Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/016-106.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-106","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/16/conversation-016-106","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}