{"conversationCode":"017-082","tapeNumber":17,"conversationNumber":82,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-017-082","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 017-082 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. 17-82\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 John D. Ehrlichman","filename":["017-082.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:11:21","tapeEnd":"03:11:29","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"017-081","nextCode":"017-083","transcript":[{"start":3.73,"end":7.35,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":7.38,"end":7.58,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs, John D. Ehrlichman. The brief exchange served as an administrative request to initiate official communication on Christmas Day. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief outreach.","topics":["John D. Ehrlichman","White House operations","Presidential communications","Christmas Day"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:49:09.081Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-d-ehrlichman","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","christmas-day"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"017-082.mp3","bytes":182438,"durationSec":7.54,"bitrate":193681,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.936Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/017-082.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-082","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/17/conversation-017-082","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}