{"conversationCode":"017-047","tapeNumber":17,"conversationNumber":47,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-017-047","startDateTime":"1971-12-25T02:17:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-25T02:19:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Dec-1971","startTime":"9:17 PM","endDate":"24-Dec-1971","endTime":"9:19 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 9:17 pm and 9:19 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-047 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. 17-47\n\nDate: December 24, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:17 pm and 9:19 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to McIntyre Faries","filename":["017-047.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:02:45","tapeEnd":"02:02:58","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"017-046","nextCode":"017-048","transcript":[{"start":3.41,"end":7,"text":"Would you try Mr. McIntyre Ferries in California?"},{"start":7.01,"end":11.37,"text":"You have a number for him there, I think."},{"start":11.39,"end":11.57,"text":"Aye, sir."},{"start":11.59,"end":11.79,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":11.81,"end":12.12,"text":"You're welcome."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request an outgoing call to McIntyre Faries in California. He directed the operator to locate and utilize a telephone number on file for Faries to facilitate the connection. The brief exchange served as an administrative request to initiate communication with a specific individual.","topics":["White House operations","McIntyre Faries","Presidential communications","Administrative request"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:45:59.111Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","mcintyre-faries","presidential-communications","administrative-request"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"017-047.mp3","bytes":290898,"durationSec":12.07,"bitrate":192830,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.936Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/017-047.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-047","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/17/conversation-017-047","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}