{"conversationCode":"291-016","tapeNumber":291,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-291-016","startDateTime":"1971-10-18T21:21:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-18T21:24:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Oct-1971","startTime":"5:21 PM","endDate":"18-Oct-1971","endTime":"5:24 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:21 pm and 5:24 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 291-016 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 291-16\n\nDate: October 18, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:21 pm and 5:24 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 11-116]\n\n     Request for a call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon","filename":["291-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:47:18","tapeEnd":"01:47:30","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"291-015","nextCode":"291-017","transcript":[{"start":6.99,"end":12.12,"text":"This is next to the police."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a personal phone call to First Lady Pat Nixon. The brief interaction served as a logistical request for the operator to connect the President to his wife. No policy matters or significant administrative decisions were discussed during this brief exchange.","topics":["Pat Nixon","White House operations","personal communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:39:56.237Z"},"topicSlugs":["pat-nixon","white-house-operations","personal-communications"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"291-016.mp3","bytes":510746,"durationSec":12.62,"bitrate":323641,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.955Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/291-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/291-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/291/conversation-291-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}