{"conversationCode":"017-115","tapeNumber":17,"conversationNumber":115,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-017-115","startDateTime":"1972-01-01T01:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-01T01:16:00.000Z","startDate":"31-Dec-1971","startTime":"8:14 PM","endDate":"31-Dec-1971","endTime":"8:16 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Keyes, Paul W.;","description":"On December 31, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Paul W. Keyes talked on the telephone from 8:14 pm to 8:16 pm. 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Keyes.\n\n     New Year greetings\n\n     Time magazine article\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Florida\n          -White House\n          -California\n                -Timing\n          -Dan Rather interview\n\n     Keyes's work\n         -Shows\n\n     Keyes's location\n\n     Unknown woman","filename":["017-115.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:52:51","tapeEnd":"03:54:30","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Keyes, Paul W."],"prevCode":"017-114","nextCode":"017-116","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":4.02,"text":"Hello."},{"start":4.04,"end":5.7,"text":"Hello."},{"start":5.72,"end":9.53,"text":"Well, I just called to wish you a Happy New Year."},{"start":9.54,"end":9.95,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":12.47,"end":12.53,"text":"Oh."},{"start":13.59,"end":15.59,"text":"I'm surprised you read such things."},{"start":15.61,"end":19,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":19.02,"end":19.4,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":21.08,"end":21.26,"text":"Fine."},{"start":21.3,"end":23.2,"text":"Couldn't be better."},{"start":23.23,"end":24.75,"text":"I'm in the White House now."},{"start":24.85,"end":26.73,"text":"I was in Florida and came back up today."},{"start":29.29,"end":33.04,"text":"Well, I come out there Monday night."},{"start":33.06,"end":39.98,"text":"I have to be on with Rather on CBS tomorrow night."},{"start":40,"end":42.09,"text":"No, no, Sunday night, Sunday night."},{"start":42.12,"end":46.41,"text":"But otherwise, may not have to do a lot of work for that, but otherwise it's a quiet weekend."},{"start":46.43,"end":47.63,"text":"Oh, couldn't be better."},{"start":47.65,"end":48.41,"text":"How about you?"},{"start":49.53,"end":49.79,"text":"Fine."},{"start":50.91,"end":54,"text":"You're still working like hell, I guess."},{"start":54.02,"end":54.92,"text":"Show after show."},{"start":57.48,"end":58.76,"text":"Boy, that's a lot, though."},{"start":58.78,"end":59.06,"text":"Gee whiz."},{"start":62.47,"end":66.37,"text":"Oh, gee, isn't that something?"},{"start":66.39,"end":66.67,"text":"You sure will."},{"start":66.69,"end":67.44,"text":"You sure will."},{"start":68.36,"end":69.14,"text":"Right."},{"start":69.16,"end":70.22,"text":"Right."},{"start":70.24,"end":72.34,"text":"I just hope you take care of her."},{"start":72.36,"end":74.13,"text":"Are you at home?"},{"start":74.31,"end":74.41,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":74.43,"end":74.93,"text":"Oh, that's right."},{"start":75.07,"end":75.91,"text":"It's early out there."},{"start":80.42,"end":81.56,"text":"Oh, yes, I remember her."},{"start":81.58,"end":82.32,"text":"She was at the White House."},{"start":82.4,"end":84.56,"text":"Give her my very best."},{"start":84.6,"end":84.94,"text":"Oh, sure."},{"start":84.96,"end":86.13,"text":"She was here."},{"start":86.15,"end":86.69,"text":"She's a great..."},{"start":87.88,"end":90.23,"text":"She's a great gal."},{"start":90.25,"end":90.84,"text":"I'll tell her."},{"start":90.86,"end":94.96,"text":"I'll tell her to sit on the piano and sing the song for you."},{"start":94.98,"end":95.3,"text":"Okay."},{"start":96.26,"end":97.17,"text":"Okay."},{"start":99.82,"end":99.9,"text":"Bye."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and television producer Paul W. Keyes exchanged New Year's greetings and briefly discussed the President's upcoming travel schedule between Florida, Washington, and California. Nixon confirmed his participation in an upcoming CBS television interview with Dan Rather while noting his preference for a quiet weekend. The conversation concluded with casual remarks regarding their respective workloads and social acquaintances.","topics":["New Year's Eve","Presidential scheduling","Dan Rather","Television production","White House travel"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:52:09.426Z"},"topicSlugs":["new-years-eve","presidential-scheduling","dan-rather","television-production","white-house-travel"],"audioDurationSec":100,"audioFiles":[{"file":"017-115.mp3","bytes":2398039,"durationSec":99.85,"bitrate":192128,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.937Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/017-115.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-115","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/17/conversation-017-115","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}