{"conversationCode":"017-113","tapeNumber":17,"conversationNumber":113,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-017-113","startDateTime":"1972-01-01T00:59:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-01T01:14:00.000Z","startDate":"31-Dec-1971","startTime":"7:59 PM","endDate":"31-Dec-1971","endTime":"8:14 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 31, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:59 pm and 8:14 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-113 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. 17-113\n\nDate: December 31, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 7:59 pm and 8:14 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to Elmer H. Bobst","filename":["017-113.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:52:31","tapeEnd":"03:52:42","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"017-112","nextCode":"017-114","transcript":[{"start":3.04,"end":8.55,"text":"you get Mr. Elmer Bopes for me in Palm Beach."},{"start":8.57,"end":8.78,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Elmer H. Bobst. The purpose of the request was to connect with Bobst at his location in Palm Beach, Florida. No further policy or administrative matters were discussed during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["Elmer H. Bobst","White House operations","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:51:58.245Z"},"topicSlugs":["elmer-h-bobst","white-house-operations","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"017-113.mp3","bytes":245132,"durationSec":10.15,"bitrate":193118,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.937Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/017-113.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-113","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/17/conversation-017-113","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}