{"conversationCode":"017-117","tapeNumber":17,"conversationNumber":117,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-017-117","startDateTime":"1972-01-01T02:11:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-01T02:13:00.000Z","startDate":"31-Dec-1971","startTime":"9:11 PM","endDate":"31-Dec-1971","endTime":"9:13 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 9:11 pm and 9:13 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-117 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. 17-117\n\nDate: December 31, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:11 pm and 9:13 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 311-3]\n\n     Request for a call to Mike Wallace","filename":["017-117.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:56:33","tapeEnd":"03:56:46","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"017-116","nextCode":"017-118","transcript":[{"start":2.83,"end":6.12,"text":"Could you get me Mr. Mike Wallace?"},{"start":6.77,"end":8.17,"text":"He is with CBS."},{"start":8.23,"end":10.7,"text":"You can call CBS and ask for his number, please."},{"start":10.84,"end":11.82,"text":"All right, fine, Mr. President."},{"start":11.84,"end":12.29,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request a telephone connection with CBS journalist Mike Wallace. He instructed the operator to obtain the necessary contact information from CBS to facilitate the call. No further substantive matters were discussed during this brief exchange.","topics":["Mike Wallace","CBS","Journalism","Communication","Media Relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:52:20.118Z"},"topicSlugs":["mike-wallace","cbs","journalism","communication","media-relations"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"017-117.mp3","bytes":315349,"durationSec":13.08,"bitrate":192934,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.937Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/017-117.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-117","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/17/conversation-017-117","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}