{"conversationCode":"017-069","tapeNumber":17,"conversationNumber":69,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-017-069","startDateTime":"1971-12-25T15:06:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-25T15:08:00.000Z","startDate":"25-Dec-1971","startTime":"10:06 AM","endDate":"25-Dec-1971","endTime":"10:08 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 25, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:06 am and 10:08 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-069 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. 17-69\n\nDate: December 25, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:06 am and 10:08 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for calls to Herbert Brownell and Peter J. Brennan","filename":["017-069.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:52:52","tapeEnd":"02:53:24","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"017-068","nextCode":"017-070","transcript":[{"start":0.13,"end":9.22,"text":"Operator, a couple of other calls."},{"start":9.24,"end":10.91,"text":"One to Mr. Herbert Brownell in New York."},{"start":21.82,"end":25.23,"text":"Mr. Peter Brennan in New York."},{"start":25.25,"end":25.95,"text":"He's the labor leader in New York."},{"start":25.97,"end":26.43,"text":"Peter Brennan."},{"start":26.45,"end":28.45,"text":"Peter Brennan."},{"start":28.47,"end":28.67,"text":"All right."},{"start":28.69,"end":28.89,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":28.91,"end":29.11,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to initiate telephone calls to Herbert Brownell and labor leader Peter J. Brennan in New York. These requests were made to facilitate communication with these two specific individuals on Christmas Day. No further policy discussions or significant substantive developments occurred during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["White House communications","Herbert Brownell","Peter J. Brennan","Labor relations","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:47:59.423Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","herbert-brownell","peter-j-brennan","labor-relations","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":31,"audioFiles":[{"file":"017-069.mp3","bytes":754206,"durationSec":31.37,"bitrate":192323,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.620Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/017-069.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-069","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/17/conversation-017-069","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}