{"conversationCode":"016-109","tapeNumber":16,"conversationNumber":109,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-016-109","startDateTime":"1971-12-18T17:44:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-18T17:45:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Dec-1971","startTime":"12:44 PM","endDate":"18-Dec-1971","endTime":"12:45 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Nixon, Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan);","description":"On December 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 12:44 pm to 12:45 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-109 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. 16-109\n\nDate: December 18, 1971\nTime: 12:44 pm - 12:45 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat’) Nixon.\n\n[See Conversation No. 639-5B]\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 06/14/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[016-109-w001]\n[Duration: 46s]\n\n     The President’s schedule\n          -Time\n          -Dress\n                -Suit\n          -International meeting\n\n*****************************************************************","filename":["016-109.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:48:00","tapeEnd":"03:48:49","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Nixon, Thelma C. (\"Pat\") (Ryan)"],"prevCode":"016-108","nextCode":"016-110","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.42,"text":"Yeah."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon briefly coordinated logistical arrangements regarding the President's upcoming schedule. Their discussion focused on coordinating the timing and appropriate attire, specifically the requirement for a suit, for an impending international meeting. This short exchange served to align their plans ahead of the President's official commitments.","topics":["Presidential schedule","Pat Nixon","Diplomacy","White House protocol","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:39:26.486Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-schedule","pat-nixon","diplomacy","white-house-protocol","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":49,"audioFiles":[{"file":"016-109.mp3","bytes":1172374,"durationSec":48.78,"bitrate":192257,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.619Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/016-109.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-109","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/16/conversation-016-109","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}