{"conversationCode":"001-137","tapeNumber":1,"conversationNumber":137,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-001-137","startDateTime":"1971-04-17T21:41:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-17T21:41:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Apr-1971","startTime":"4:41 PM","endDate":"17-Apr-1971","endTime":"4:41 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:41 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 001-137 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 1-137\n\nDate: April 17, 1971\nTime: 4:41 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to Patrick J. Buchanan","filename":["001-137.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:18:51","tapeEnd":"04:18:57","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"001-136","nextCode":"001-138","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":0.45,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":0.55,"end":1.2,"text":"Buchanan, please."},{"start":1.24,"end":1.8,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a direct phone call to his speechwriter and aide, Patrick J. Buchanan. The brief exchange served solely as a functional request to connect the President with Buchanan. No further policy discussions or significant substantive developments occurred during this short communication.","topics":["Patrick J. Buchanan","White House operations","Executive communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:03:57.726Z"},"topicSlugs":["patrick-j-buchanan","white-house-operations","executive-communication"],"audioDurationSec":3,"audioFiles":[{"file":"001-137.mp3","bytes":68335,"durationSec":2.76,"bitrate":198038,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.570Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/001-137.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/001-137","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/1/conversation-001-137","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}