{"conversationCode":"017-089","tapeNumber":17,"conversationNumber":89,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-017-089","startDateTime":"1971-12-25T16:38:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-25T16:38:00.000Z","startDate":"25-Dec-1971","startTime":"11:38 AM","endDate":"25-Dec-1971","endTime":"11:38 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 11:38 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-089 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. 17-89\n\nDate: December 25, 1971\nTime: 11:38 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to Edward R.G. Heath\n\n     John D. Ehrlichman's call","filename":["017-089.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:15:18","tapeEnd":"03:15:38","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"017-088","nextCode":"017-090","transcript":[{"start":0.25,"end":5.82,"text":"Yes, Mr. Erlichman?"},{"start":6.56,"end":12.49,"text":"Could you try Prime Minister Heath in London, please?"},{"start":12.51,"end":12.69,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":12.71,"end":14.15,"text":"And Mr. Erlichman didn't answer yet."},{"start":14.17,"end":17.34,"text":"That's all right."},{"start":17.36,"end":17.74,"text":"Whenever I get him?"},{"start":17.76,"end":17.92,"text":"Oh, yes."},{"start":17.94,"end":18.48,"text":"Whenever it's convenient."},{"start":18.5,"end":19.08,"text":"All right."},{"start":19.2,"end":19.42,"text":"Okay."},{"start":19.44,"end":19.88,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a long-distance call to British Prime Minister Edward Heath. During the brief exchange, the operator also noted that John D. Ehrlichman had not yet responded to a previous outreach. Nixon confirmed that the call to Heath should be connected whenever it became convenient for the Prime Minister.","topics":["Edward Heath","John D. Ehrlichman","Diplomacy","United Kingdom","White House communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:49:47.326Z"},"topicSlugs":["edward-heath","john-d-ehrlichman","diplomacy","united-kingdom","white-house-communications"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"017-089.mp3","bytes":504684,"durationSec":20.97,"bitrate":192537,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.936Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/017-089.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-089","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/17/conversation-017-089","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}