{"conversationCode":"024-015","tapeNumber":24,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-024-015","startDateTime":"1972-05-08T20:57:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-08T21:23:00.000Z","startDate":"8-May-1972","startTime":"4:57 PM","endDate":"8-May-1972","endTime":"5:23 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:57 pm and 5:23 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-015 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 24-15\n\nDate: May 8, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 4:57 pm and 5:23 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["024-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:12:49","tapeEnd":"00:12:56","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"024-014","nextCode":"024-016","transcript":[{"start":0.84,"end":2.11,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":2.13,"end":3.1,"text":"Yeah, hello."},{"start":3.12,"end":3.36,"text":"Hello."},{"start":3.54,"end":3.92,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":4.27,"end":5.09,"text":"Dr. Kissinger, please."},{"start":5.12,"end":5.42,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an urgent communication with his National Security Advisor, Henry Kissinger. The brief interaction served exclusively as a logistical request to bridge the two parties. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this connection attempt.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House communications","Foreign policy logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:48:30.504Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-communications","foreign-policy-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"024-015.mp3","bytes":161122,"durationSec":6.65,"bitrate":193975,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.840Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/024-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/24/conversation-024-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}