{"conversationCode":"016-121","tapeNumber":16,"conversationNumber":121,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-016-121","startDateTime":"1971-12-19T20:36:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-19T23:49:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Dec-1971","startTime":"3:36 PM","endDate":"19-Dec-1971","endTime":"6:49 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:36 pm and 6:49 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-121 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. 16-121\n\nDate: December 19, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:36 pm and 6:49 pm\n\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["016-121.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:25:07","tapeEnd":"04:25:20","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"016-120","nextCode":"016-122","transcript":[{"start":0.6,"end":1.15,"text":"Mr. Segbert, please."},{"start":2.6,"end":3.02,"text":"Mr. Segbert."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Ronald L. Ziegler. The President specifically requested that the operator connect him to an individual identified as Mr. Segbert. This brief exchange served solely as an administrative bridge to facilitate the requested communication.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House operations","Presidential communication","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:40:32.125Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"016-121.mp3","bytes":253282,"durationSec":10.5,"bitrate":193017,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.619Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/016-121.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-121","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/16/conversation-016-121","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}