{"conversationCode":"017-031","tapeNumber":17,"conversationNumber":31,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-017-031","startDateTime":"1971-12-24T22:18:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-24T22:19:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Dec-1971","startTime":"5:18 PM","endDate":"24-Dec-1971","endTime":"5:19 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Cake, Ralph H.;","description":"On December 24, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Ralph H. Cake talked on the telephone from 5:18 pm to 5:19 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-031 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. 17-31\n\nDate: December 24, 1971\nTime: 5:18 pm - 5:19 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n     William P. Rogers's location\n\n     Ralph H. Cake on the line\n\nThe President talked with Cake.\n\n***********************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Privacy (D) reviewed under deed of gift 12/22/2017. Segment cleared for\nrelease.]\n[Privacy]\n[017-031-w001]\n[Duration: 10s]\n\n     Ralph H. Cake\n          -Recent health\n\n**********************************************************************\n\n     Accomplishments","filename":["017-031.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:33:13","tapeEnd":"01:34:02","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Cake, Ralph H."],"prevCode":"017-030","nextCode":"017-032","transcript":[{"start":0.17,"end":7.13,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":7.15,"end":8.39,"text":"Mr. President, Secretary Rogers is in the shower."},{"start":8.41,"end":9.48,"text":"It'll take him about a minute to call you back."},{"start":9.5,"end":10.18,"text":"And then, I'm in Portland, Oregon."},{"start":10.2,"end":14.16,"text":"Mr. Ralph Cake is returning your call."},{"start":14.18,"end":15.54,"text":"All right."},{"start":15.56,"end":16.4,"text":"Take care."},{"start":16.42,"end":16.5,"text":"Bye."},{"start":16.52,"end":16.91,"text":"The President, sir."},{"start":16.93,"end":17.05,"text":"Hello."},{"start":17.07,"end":17.32,"text":"Hello, Ralph?"},{"start":27.58,"end":27.96,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."},{"start":27.98,"end":28.1,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":30.12,"end":40.29,"text":"Well, we were working on things, but we couldn't do it without the help of our old... You're coming out right."},{"start":40.31,"end":40.57,"text":"Right."},{"start":40.59,"end":41.23,"text":"You're coming out right."},{"start":41.25,"end":43.52,"text":"You're so kind of you to take the time to call me."},{"start":43.54,"end":44,"text":"I really appreciate it."},{"start":44.02,"end":45.28,"text":"Well, you still got your fight, huh?"},{"start":45.3,"end":45.38,"text":"Yep."},{"start":45.4,"end":45.65,"text":"Okay."},{"start":45.66,"end":47.49,"text":"Okay, fine, and thank you so much."},{"start":47.51,"end":48.73,"text":"Give my best to everybody out there."},{"start":48.91,"end":49.34,"text":"I will."},{"start":49.46,"end":49.98,"text":"Bye."},{"start":50.14,"end":50.76,"text":"Okay, bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief holiday courtesy call to Ralph H. Cake to offer well-wishes and acknowledge Cake's ongoing efforts. The conversation served primarily as a social check-in, with the President praising Cake's resilience and dedication. No specific policy decisions or political actions were transacted during the exchange.","topics":["Holiday call","Social contact","Ralph H. Cake","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:44:32.531Z"},"topicSlugs":["holiday-call","social-contact","ralph-h-cake","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":51,"audioFiles":[{"file":"017-031.mp3","bytes":1218768,"durationSec":50.72,"bitrate":192231,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.936Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/017-031.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-031","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/17/conversation-017-031","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}