{"conversationCode":"017-039","tapeNumber":17,"conversationNumber":39,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-017-039","startDateTime":"1971-12-24T22:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-24T22:43:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Dec-1971","startTime":"5:43 PM","endDate":"24-Dec-1971","endTime":"5:43 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 5:43 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-039 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. 17-39\n\nDate: December 24, 1971\nTime: 5:43 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for call to F. Donald Nixon\n\n     Return call from John B. Connally\n\n     Return call from John A. (“Jack”) Mulcahy","filename":["017-039.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:50:09","tapeEnd":"01:52:28","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"017-038","nextCode":"017-040","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":21.06,"text":"Would you please try Don Nixon in California, please?"},{"start":21.08,"end":21.5,"text":"All right, thank you."},{"start":21.52,"end":23.91,"text":"And Mr. President, at the same time, Secretary Conley returned your call, and Mr. John Mulcahy also returned your call."},{"start":23.93,"end":24.03,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":24.05,"end":24.49,"text":"Okay, I'll take the..."},{"start":24.51,"end":25.59,"text":"I'll get Don Nixon first, and I'll take the other two."},{"start":25.61,"end":25.84,"text":"Okay, fine."},{"start":25.86,"end":26.05,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a call to his brother, F. Donald Nixon, in California. During the exchange, the operator informed the President that Secretary John B. Connally and John A. Mulcahy had both returned his previous calls. Nixon directed the operator to prioritize the call to his brother before addressing the other two individuals.","topics":["F. Donald Nixon","John B. Connally","John A. Mulcahy","White House communications","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:45:16.491Z"},"topicSlugs":["f-donald-nixon","john-b-connally","john-a-mulcahy","white-house-communications","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":26,"audioFiles":[{"file":"017-039.mp3","bytes":625684,"durationSec":26.01,"bitrate":192416,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.936Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/017-039.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-039","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/17/conversation-017-039","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}