{"conversationCode":"017-081","tapeNumber":17,"conversationNumber":81,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-017-081","startDateTime":"1971-12-25T16:12:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-25T16:21:00.000Z","startDate":"25-Dec-1971","startTime":"11:12 AM","endDate":"25-Dec-1971","endTime":"11:21 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 11:12 am and 11:21 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-081 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. 17-81\n\nDate: December 25, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:12 am and 11:21 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to Elizabeth Andrews","filename":["017-081.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:10:53","tapeEnd":"03:11:21","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"017-080","nextCode":"017-082","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":11.78,"text":"Operator, I just learned from the speaker that Congressman George Andrews of Alabama died a few minutes ago."},{"start":13.32,"end":21.85,"text":"His wife is either at the University Hospital at the University of Alabama or at his home in Union City, Alabama."},{"start":22.05,"end":24.32,"text":"And if you could get her, I'd like to talk to her on the phone."},{"start":24.34,"end":24.9,"text":"All right."},{"start":24.92,"end":25.24,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":25.26,"end":25.72,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to arrange a personal phone call to Elizabeth Andrews following the death of her husband, Congressman George Andrews of Alabama. The President requested that the operator locate Mrs. Andrews at either their home in Union City or the University of Alabama Hospital. This brief coordination served to facilitate a presidential gesture of condolence regarding the Congressman's passing.","topics":["George Andrews","Elizabeth Andrews","Condolences","White House Operator","Death of public official"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:49:03.623Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-andrews","elizabeth-andrews","condolences","white-house-operator","death-of-public-official"],"audioDurationSec":28,"audioFiles":[{"file":"017-081.mp3","bytes":667688,"durationSec":27.76,"bitrate":192420,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.620Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/017-081.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-081","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/17/conversation-017-081","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}