{"conversationCode":"016-127","tapeNumber":16,"conversationNumber":127,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-016-127","startDateTime":"1971-12-20T01:02:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-20T01:02:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Dec-1971","startTime":"8:02 PM","endDate":"19-Dec-1971","endTime":"8:02 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 8:02 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-127 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. 16-127\n\nDate: December 19, 1971\nTime: 8:02 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to Arthur F. Burns","filename":["016-127.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:43:42","tapeEnd":"04:43:48","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"016-126","nextCode":"016-128","transcript":[{"start":2.78,"end":3.83,"text":"Dr. Burns, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to place a telephone call to Arthur F. Burns, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve. This brief interaction serves as the preliminary administrative step required to connect the President with Burns for a private consultation. No substantive policy discussion occurs during this operator-assisted connection request.","topics":["Arthur F. Burns","Federal Reserve","Presidential communication","Executive operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:41:05.614Z"},"topicSlugs":["arthur-f-burns","federal-reserve","presidential-communication","executive-operations"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"016-127.mp3","bytes":157360,"durationSec":6.5,"bitrate":193569,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.620Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/016-127.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/016-127","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/16/conversation-016-127","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}