{"conversationCode":"016-112","tapeNumber":16,"conversationNumber":112,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-016-112","startDateTime":"1971-12-18T18:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-18T19:45:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Dec-1971","startTime":"1:46 PM","endDate":"18-Dec-1971","endTime":"2:45 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 1:46 pm and 2:45 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-112 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. 16-112\n\nDate: December 18, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:46 pm and 2:45 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 310-8]\n\n     Request for a call to Muriel L. Hartley\n\n     Muriel L. Hartley’s health","filename":["016-112.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:54:28","tapeEnd":"03:54:39","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"016-111","nextCode":"016-113","transcript":[{"start":2.39,"end":2.79,"text":"Please."},{"start":2.94,"end":4.94,"text":"Would you get me Mrs. Hartley, please?"},{"start":5.14,"end":9.68,"text":"I think she is ill at home, but she's General Hague's secretary."},{"start":9.9,"end":10.55,"text":"Yes, thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a call to Muriel L. Hartley, who served as General Alexander Haig’s secretary. The President initiated the contact specifically to inquire about Hartley's well-being, noting his understanding that she was currently ill at home. The call was placed to facilitate communication with her despite her reported health issues.","topics":["Muriel L. Hartley","Alexander Haig","White House operations","Staff welfare"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:39:43.116Z"},"topicSlugs":["muriel-l-hartley","alexander-haig","white-house-operations","staff-welfare"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"016-112.mp3","bytes":281494,"durationSec":11.67,"bitrate":192976,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.619Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/016-112.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-112","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/16/conversation-016-112","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}