{"conversationCode":"017-103","tapeNumber":17,"conversationNumber":103,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-017-103","startDateTime":"1971-12-26T17:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-26T18:43:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Dec-1971","startTime":"12:16 PM","endDate":"26-Dec-1971","endTime":"1:43 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 1:43 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-103 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. 17-103\n\nDate: December 26, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:16 pm and 1:43 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 310-35]\n\n     Request for a call to William P. Rogers","filename":["017-103.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:40:31","tapeEnd":"03:40:40","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"017-102","nextCode":"017-104","transcript":[{"start":3.37,"end":6.39,"text":"Would you get Mr. Rogers, Secretary Rogers?"},{"start":6.42,"end":6.72,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Secretary of State William P. Rogers. This brief exchange served as a logistical request to initiate direct communication with the Secretary. No further policy discussions or substantive developments occurred during this brief request.","topics":["William P. Rogers","White House operations","Presidential communication","State Department"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:51:03.766Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-p-rogers","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","state-department"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"017-103.mp3","bytes":217546,"durationSec":8.99,"bitrate":193623,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.937Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/017-103.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-103","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/17/conversation-017-103","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}