{"conversationCode":"017-107","tapeNumber":17,"conversationNumber":107,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-017-107","startDateTime":"1971-12-26T18:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-26T19:34:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Dec-1971","startTime":"1:45 PM","endDate":"26-Dec-1971","endTime":"2:34 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 1:45 pm and 2:34 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-107 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. 17-107\n\nDate: December 26, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:45 pm and 2:34 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 310-38]\n\n     William P. Rogers's location\n          -Return call","filename":["017-107.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:41:29","tapeEnd":"03:41:44","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"017-106","nextCode":"017-108","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.82,"text":"Hello."},{"start":2.84,"end":7.37,"text":"Mr. President, the maid said Secretary Rogers is out and will be back at 3 o'clock."},{"start":7.45,"end":9.01,"text":"May I try to reach him where he is?"},{"start":9.07,"end":11.02,"text":"No, it's not necessary."},{"start":11.04,"end":12.64,"text":"But he can call back when it's convenient."},{"start":12.82,"end":13.38,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":13.46,"end":14.34,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon attempted to contact Secretary of State William P. Rogers to discuss urgent matters during the post-holiday period. Upon learning that Rogers was unavailable, Nixon instructed the White House operator to forego tracking him down at his current location. The President ultimately requested that the Secretary return the call at his convenience later that afternoon.","topics":["William P. Rogers","Presidential communication","State Department","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:51:26.114Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-p-rogers","presidential-communication","state-department","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"017-107.mp3","bytes":381804,"durationSec":15.85,"bitrate":192757,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.936Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/017-107.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-107","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/17/conversation-017-107","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}