{"conversationCode":"017-019","tapeNumber":17,"conversationNumber":19,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-017-019","startDateTime":"1971-12-24T20:37:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-24T20:44:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Dec-1971","startTime":"3:37 PM","endDate":"24-Dec-1971","endTime":"3:44 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 from 3:37 pm to 3:44 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-019 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. 17-19\n\nDate: December 24, 1971\nTime: 3:37 pm - 3:44 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n     John A. (“Jack”) Mulcahy's and W. Clement Stone's locations\n\n     The President's schedule\n\n     Request for a call to Ralph H. Cake\n\n     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["017-019.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:51:36","tapeEnd":"00:52:38","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"017-018","nextCode":"017-020","transcript":[{"start":0.2,"end":5.95,"text":"Hello."},{"start":5.97,"end":11.6,"text":"Mr. President, I found that Mr. Mulcahy is on his way to a hunting spot."},{"start":11.62,"end":13.6,"text":"It should take an hour, but of course he's been on his way since then."},{"start":13.62,"end":14.24,"text":"Oh, I see."},{"start":14.26,"end":15,"text":"And I'll try that."},{"start":15.02,"end":17.26,"text":"And then Mr. Clement Stone is out, as I expected him to have, and I don't know that word."},{"start":20.69,"end":20.89,"text":"Oh, I see."},{"start":20.91,"end":28.72,"text":"Well, if we, um, between 4 and 5, um, pretty much target, so maybe around 5 o'clock, if you get any, if you get any new calls, you can try."},{"start":28.74,"end":28.84,"text":"Okay."},{"start":28.86,"end":28.96,"text":"Okay."},{"start":30,"end":36.21,"text":"And, uh... And it's before four?"},{"start":36.97,"end":47.23,"text":"No, any... Oh, yeah, if you get something before four, I can take it."},{"start":47.25,"end":47.35,"text":"Fine."},{"start":47.37,"end":49.17,"text":"And then between four and five, I will be tied up."},{"start":49.19,"end":49.41,"text":"Yes, ma'am."},{"start":49.43,"end":51.93,"text":"And then, operator, if you could get Mr. Ralph Cake."},{"start":53.02,"end":54.02,"text":"That's code 503-292-2244."},{"start":55.31,"end":60.52,"text":"Thank you, sir."},{"start":60.54,"end":61.47,"text":"And after that, I'll talk to Mr. Coulson, too."},{"start":61.49,"end":61.59,"text":"Fine."},{"start":61.61,"end":61.81,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":61.83,"end":62.03,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to coordinate his holiday schedule and manage incoming communications. The discussion focused on tracking the availability of associates Jack Mulcahy and W. Clement Stone, who were currently unreachable. Nixon provided instructions for his call routing between 4:00 and 5:00 p.m. and explicitly requested that the operator place follow-up calls to Ralph H. Cake and Charles W. Colson.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Call management","White House operations","Political communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:43:27.245Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","call-management","white-house-operations","political-communication"],"audioDurationSec":62,"audioFiles":[{"file":"017-019.mp3","bytes":1497755,"durationSec":62.33,"bitrate":192228,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.936Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/017-019.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-019","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/17/conversation-017-019","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}