{"conversationCode":"017-104","tapeNumber":17,"conversationNumber":104,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-017-104","startDateTime":"1971-12-26T18:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-26T18:43:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Dec-1971","startTime":"1:43 PM","endDate":"26-Dec-1971","endTime":"1:43 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 1:43 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-104 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. 17-104\n\nDate: December 26, 1971\nTime: 1:43 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 310-36]\n\n     Cancellation of call to William P. Rogers\n\n     Call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon","filename":["017-104.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:40:40","tapeEnd":"03:40:49","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"017-103","nextCode":"017-105","transcript":[{"start":5.18,"end":5.8,"text":"Operator?"},{"start":5.82,"end":6.41,"text":"Yes, sir?"},{"start":6.45,"end":7.58,"text":"Hold that call to Rogers."},{"start":7.62,"end":9.33,"text":"Get Mrs. Nixon first, please."},{"start":9.35,"end":9.55,"text":"All right."},{"start":9.57,"end":9.87,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to cancel a pending call to Secretary of State William P. Rogers in favor of placing a call to First Lady Pat Nixon. This brief interaction reflects a reprioritization of the President's personal communications during the post-holiday period. No further administrative or policy decisions were addressed during this exchange.","topics":["Pat Nixon","William P. Rogers","White House communications","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:51:09.065Z"},"topicSlugs":["pat-nixon","william-p-rogers","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"017-104.mp3","bytes":252028,"durationSec":10.44,"bitrate":193100,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.936Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/017-104.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-104","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/17/conversation-017-104","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}