{"conversationCode":"656-015","tapeNumber":656,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-656-015","startDateTime":"1972-01-26T17:12:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-26T17:12:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Jan-1972","startTime":"12:12 PM","endDate":"26-Jan-1972","endTime":"12:12 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Scott, Cornelius A.;","description":"On January 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Cornelius A. Scott met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:12 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 656-015 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 656-15\n\nDate: January 26, 1972\nTime: 12:12 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator and requested a call to Cornelius A. Scott.\n\n[See Conversation No. 19-98]","filename":["656-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:18:03","tapeEnd":"02:18:34","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Scott, Cornelius A."],"prevCode":"656-014","nextCode":"656-016","transcript":[{"start":0.98,"end":2.14,"text":"Mr. C.A."},{"start":2.24,"end":2.68,"text":"Scott."},{"start":3.36,"end":6.28,"text":"He is the editor of the Atlanta Daily World."},{"start":7.08,"end":7.34,"text":"That's 404-659-1110."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a phone call to Cornelius A. Scott, the editor of the Atlanta Daily World, to facilitate a direct line of communication with the influential African American newspaper executive. This outreach underscores the administration's efforts to engage with Black media leadership during the Nixon presidency. The primary action item was the successful establishment of this contact for a subsequent, more substantive discussion.","topics":["Cornelius A. Scott","Atlanta Daily World","Black media","Public relations","Press relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:59:26.110Z"},"topicSlugs":["cornelius-a-scott","atlanta-daily-world","black-media","public-relations","press-relations"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"656-015.mp3","bytes":651803,"durationSec":16.15,"bitrate":322850,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.664Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/656-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/656-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/656/conversation-656-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}