{"conversationCode":"015-117","tapeNumber":15,"conversationNumber":117,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-015-117","startDateTime":"1971-11-23T22:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-23T22:33:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Nov-1971","startTime":"5:15 PM","endDate":"23-Nov-1971","endTime":"5:33 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:15 pm and 5:33 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-117 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 15-117\n\nDate: November 23, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:15 pm and 5:33 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 623-24B]\n\n     Request for a call to Norman Van Brocklin\n         -Atlanta Falcons","filename":["015-117.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:39:48","tapeEnd":"03:40:03","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"015-116","nextCode":"015-118","transcript":[{"start":0.27,"end":12.89,"text":"I'd like to get Coach Norman Van Brocklin, and that's in Atlanta, Georgia, of the Atlanta Falcons."},{"start":12.91,"end":14.15,"text":"All right, thank you, Mr. Brocklin."},{"start":14.52,"end":15.24,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a personal telephone call to Norman Van Brocklin, the head coach of the Atlanta Falcons. The purpose of this brief administrative request was to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and the NFL coach. No further policy or political developments occurred during this brief exchange.","topics":["Norman Van Brocklin","Atlanta Falcons","Presidential communications","NFL"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:21:48.643Z"},"topicSlugs":["norman-van-brocklin","atlanta-falcons","presidential-communication","nfl"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"015-117.mp3","bytes":366758,"durationSec":15.2,"bitrate":192985,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.619Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/015-117.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-117","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/015/conversation-015-117","catalogNaId":417191079,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417191079","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}