{"conversationCode":"017-012","tapeNumber":17,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-017-012","startDateTime":"1971-12-24T19:01:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-24T19:06:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Dec-1971","startTime":"2:01 PM","endDate":"24-Dec-1971","endTime":"2:06 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 24, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:01 pm and 2:06 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-012 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. 17-12\n\nDate: December 24, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:01 pm and 2:06 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 309-11]\n\n     Request for a call to Nelson A. Rockefeller","filename":["017-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:17:55","tapeEnd":"00:18:02","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"017-011","nextCode":"017-013","transcript":[{"start":2.73,"end":4.81,"text":"Governor Rockefeller please."},{"start":4.83,"end":6.24,"text":"Thank you Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to place a telephone call to New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller. This brief administrative interaction serves as the preliminary step to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and the Governor. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this connection.","topics":["Nelson A. Rockefeller","Communication","Presidential scheduling","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:42:48.201Z"},"topicSlugs":["nelson-a-rockefeller","communication","presidential-scheduling","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"017-012.mp3","bytes":164257,"durationSec":6.79,"bitrate":193654,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.936Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/017-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/17/conversation-017-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}