{"conversationCode":"017-077","tapeNumber":17,"conversationNumber":77,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-017-077","startDateTime":"1971-12-25T15:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-25T16:02:00.000Z","startDate":"25-Dec-1971","startTime":"10:55 AM","endDate":"25-Dec-1971","endTime":"11:02 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 10:55 am and 11:02 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-077 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. 17-77\n\nDate: December 25, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:55 am and 11:02 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to Michael Lauer","filename":["017-077.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:03:01","tapeEnd":"03:03:29","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"017-076","nextCode":"017-078","transcript":[{"start":0.37,"end":18.43,"text":"I'd like to place a call to a Mr. Michael Lauer, L-A-U-E-R. That's 1960 Crane Avenue, Beloit, Wisconsin."},{"start":18.48,"end":24.64,"text":"He's an 18-year-old, so it may not be in his name, but they'll probably have the number."},{"start":24.66,"end":24.86,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":24.88,"end":25.39,"text":"Beloit, Wisconsin."},{"start":25.41,"end":25.57,"text":"Beloit."},{"start":25.59,"end":26.11,"text":"Yes, thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a personal long-distance telephone call to Michael Lauer, an 18-year-old resident of Beloit, Wisconsin. Nixon provided the operator with the specific address for Lauer's residence to assist in locating the correct phone number. The interaction served as a logistical request to facilitate direct communication with a private citizen.","topics":["Presidential communications","White House operations","Michael Lauer","Personal outreach","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:48:41.655Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-communications","white-house-operations","michael-lauer","personal-outreach","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":28,"audioFiles":[{"file":"017-077.mp3","bytes":673331,"durationSec":27.99,"bitrate":192434,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.937Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/017-077.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-077","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/17/conversation-017-077","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}