{"conversationCode":"002-017","tapeNumber":2,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-002-017","startDateTime":"1971-04-21T00:33:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-21T00:34:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Apr-1971","startTime":"7:33 PM","endDate":"20-Apr-1971","endTime":"7:34 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:33 pm and 7:34 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-017 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. 2-17\n\nDate: April 20, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 7:33 pm and 7:34 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to Henry A. Kissinger\n\n                                                                                               Back to Top\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["002-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:18:16","tapeEnd":"00:18:26","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"002-016","nextCode":"002-018","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.4,"text":"Dr. Kessinger, please."},{"start":1.52,"end":2.01,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call through the White House operator to contact his National Security Advisor, Henry Kissinger. The purpose of the communication is to establish a direct line of connection between the President and Kissinger to facilitate immediate discussion of official business. No substantive policy matters are addressed in this short segment beyond the operational request to place the call.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House operations","Presidential communication","National Security Affairs"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:09:05.378Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","national-security-affairs"],"audioDurationSec":2,"audioFiles":[{"file":"002-017.mp3","bytes":56423,"durationSec":2.26,"bitrate":199393,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.350Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:32.958Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/002-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/2/conversation-002-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}