{"conversationCode":"319-016","tapeNumber":319,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-319-016","startDateTime":"1972-02-07T21:49:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-07T21:52:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Feb-1972","startTime":"4:49 PM","endDate":"7-Feb-1972","endTime":"4:52 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 7, 1972, 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 4:49 pm and 4:52 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 319-016 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 319-16\n\nDate: February 7, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 4:49 pm and 4:52 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n[See also Conversation No. 20-51]","filename":["319-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:18:51","tapeEnd":"01:19:04","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"319-015","nextCode":"319-017","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":0.9,"text":"Connection, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief administrative request to the White House operator to place an outgoing call. The conversation serves solely as a logistical bridge to connect the President to an external party. No substantive policy discussions or decisions are recorded during this brief exchange.","topics":["White House operator","telecommunications","administrative task","presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:51:01.421Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","telecommunications","administrative-task","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":3,"audioFiles":[{"file":"319-016.mp3","bytes":112640,"durationSec":2.68,"bitrate":336019,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.568Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/319-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/319-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/319/conversation-319-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}