{"conversationCode":"016-117","tapeNumber":16,"conversationNumber":117,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-016-117","startDateTime":"1971-12-18T20:36:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-18T22:26:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Dec-1971","startTime":"3:36 PM","endDate":"18-Dec-1971","endTime":"5:26 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 3:36 pm and 5:26 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-117 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. 16-117\n\nDate: December 18, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:36 pm and 5:26 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 639-19]\n\n     Request for a call to John B. Connally","filename":["016-117.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:59:24","tapeEnd":"03:59:30","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"016-116","nextCode":"016-118","transcript":[{"start":0.52,"end":3.17,"text":"Secretary Connolly, please."},{"start":3.21,"end":5.42,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to place a telephone call to Treasury Secretary John B. Connally. The brief exchange serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate direct communication between the President and the Secretary. No further policy discussion takes place during this brief interaction.","topics":["John B. Connally","White House operations","Presidential communication","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:40:10.121Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-b-connally","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"016-117.mp3","bytes":130402,"durationSec":5.38,"bitrate":193908,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.619Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/016-117.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-117","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/16/conversation-016-117","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}