{"conversationCode":"302-016","tapeNumber":302,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-302-016","startDateTime":"1971-10-29T19:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-29T19:10:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Oct-1971","startTime":"3:08 PM","endDate":"29-Oct-1971","endTime":"3:10 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 29, 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 3:08 pm and 3:10 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 302-016 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. 302-16\n\nDate: October 29, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:08 pm and 3:10 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 13-35]\n\n     Request for a call to Nelson A. Rockefeller","filename":["302-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:32:43","tapeEnd":"00:33:00","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"302-015","nextCode":"302-017","transcript":[{"start":0.12,"end":1.42,"text":"I'm going to rock on it, ladies."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a request for the White House operator to place a telephone call to New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller. The brief exchange served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the President and the Governor. No further substantive policy matters were addressed during this short administrative interaction.","topics":["Nelson A. Rockefeller","White House operator","telecommunications","administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:11:22.324Z"},"topicSlugs":["nelson-a-rockefeller","white-house-operator","telecommunications","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":4,"audioFiles":[{"file":"302-016.mp3","bytes":175334,"durationSec":4.24,"bitrate":330866,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.956Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/302-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/302-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/302/conversation-302-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}