{"conversationCode":"017-026","tapeNumber":17,"conversationNumber":26,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-017-026","startDateTime":"1971-12-24T21:57:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-24T21:57:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Dec-1971","startTime":"4:57 PM","endDate":"24-Dec-1971","endTime":"4:57 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 at 4:57 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-026 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. 17-26\n\nDate: December 24, 1971\nTime: 4:57 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n     Stewart J.O. Alsop's location\n\n     Request for a call to Elliot L. Richardson","filename":["017-026.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:24:25","tapeEnd":"01:24:39","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"017-025","nextCode":"017-027","transcript":[{"start":0.23,"end":6.32,"text":"Mr. President?"},{"start":6.34,"end":7.1,"text":"Yeah?"},{"start":8.19,"end":12.43,"text":"Um, Mr. Stuart Allsop is out walking and he'll be back in about a half hour, and I left work."},{"start":12.45,"end":12.55,"text":"Fine."},{"start":12.57,"end":13.31,"text":"Could you try, uh, Elliot Richardson?"},{"start":13.33,"end":13.75,"text":"Secretary Richardson?"},{"start":13.77,"end":13.95,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":13.97,"end":14.18,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate official communications while awaiting the availability of journalist Stewart Alsop. Following a report on Alsop's status, Nixon directed the operator to place a call to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Elliot L. Richardson. This exchange functioned primarily as a logistical coordination of the President's late-afternoon outreach efforts.","topics":["Communication logistics","Stewart Alsop","Elliot L. Richardson","Executive scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:44:05.793Z"},"topicSlugs":["communication-logistics","stewart-alsop","elliot-l-richardson","executive-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"017-026.mp3","bytes":341053,"durationSec":14.14,"bitrate":193021,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.937Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/017-026.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-026","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/17/conversation-017-026","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}