{"conversationCode":"611-016","tapeNumber":611,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-611-016","startDateTime":"1971-11-02T17:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-02T17:47:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Nov-1971","startTime":"12:43 PM","endDate":"2-Nov-1971","endTime":"12:47 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:43 pm and 12:47 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 611-016 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 611-16\n\nDate: November 2, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:43 pm and 12:47 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 13-65]","filename":["611-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:08:00","tapeEnd":"04:08:31","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"611-015","nextCode":"611-017","transcript":[{"start":3.59,"end":5.61,"text":"Turn back, Grislo, please."},{"start":5.63,"end":6.48,"text":"They're coming."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to redirect a call, specifically requesting to be connected with an individual identified as Grislo. The brief exchange focused on coordinating outgoing telecommunications, though the underlying purpose of the call remained unstated. The conversation concluded with confirmation that the requested party was being reached.","topics":["Telecommunications","White House operations","Presidential scheduling","Communication logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:42:40.079Z"},"topicSlugs":["telecommunications","white-house-operations","presidential-scheduling","communication-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"611-016.mp3","bytes":337289,"durationSec":8.28,"bitrate":325723,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.994Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/611-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/611-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/611/conversation-611-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}