{"conversationCode":"017-120","tapeNumber":17,"conversationNumber":120,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-017-120","startDateTime":"1972-01-01T02:14:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-01T02:22:00.000Z","startDate":"31-Dec-1971","startTime":"9:14 PM","endDate":"31-Dec-1971","endTime":"9:22 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 9:14 pm and 9:22 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-120 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. 17-120\n\nDate: December 31, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:14 pm and 9:22 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 311-6]\n\n     Request for a call to George H.W. Bush","filename":["017-120.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:57:43","tapeEnd":"03:57:59","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"017-119","nextCode":"017-121","transcript":[{"start":2.43,"end":7.9,"text":"I'd like to get Ambassador George Bush of the United Nations."},{"start":7.94,"end":15.37,"text":"He may be in the Waldorf, or he might be in Texas, but you can get him through the Waldorf, I think."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an urgent call to Ambassador George H.W. Bush. The President suggested that the operator attempt to locate Bush at the Waldorf Astoria hotel or in Texas to facilitate the connection. This administrative exchange served as the preparatory step for a subsequent high-level discussion.","topics":["George H.W. Bush","United Nations","White House communications","Diplomatic relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:52:36.418Z"},"topicSlugs":["george-h-w-bush","united-nations","white-house-communications","diplomatic-relations"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"017-120.mp3","bytes":396851,"durationSec":16.48,"bitrate":192697,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.936Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/017-120.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-120","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/17/conversation-017-120","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}