{"conversationCode":"016-113","tapeNumber":16,"conversationNumber":113,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-016-113","startDateTime":"1971-12-18T19:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-18T19:45:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Dec-1971","startTime":"2:45 PM","endDate":"18-Dec-1971","endTime":"2:45 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 2:45 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-113 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. 16-113\n\nDate: December 18, 1971\nTime: 2:45 pm\n\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 310-9]\n\n     Muriel L. Hartley’s location","filename":["016-113.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:54:39","tapeEnd":"03:54:52","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"016-112","nextCode":"016-114","transcript":[{"start":1.15,"end":1.57,"text":"Hello."},{"start":2.13,"end":7.19,"text":"Mr. President, Mrs. Hartley is at the hairdresser's and her son was to pick her up at 2, but there's a little delay."},{"start":7.23,"end":8.63,"text":"Can I have her return the call?"},{"start":8.94,"end":10.24,"text":"I'll try her again in about an hour."},{"start":10.64,"end":10.98,"text":"Okay, fine."},{"start":11.01,"end":11.63,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a phone call with Muriel L. Hartley. Upon learning that Mrs. Hartley was unavailable at her current location, the President instructed the operator to attempt the connection again in one hour. The brief exchange served as a logistical coordination to manage the President's personal or professional communications.","topics":["Communications management","White House operations","Scheduling","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:39:48.429Z"},"topicSlugs":["communications-management","white-house-operations","scheduling","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"016-113.mp3","bytes":314095,"durationSec":13.03,"bitrate":192784,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.936Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/016-113.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-113","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/16/conversation-016-113","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}