{"conversationCode":"017-139","tapeNumber":17,"conversationNumber":139,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-017-139","startDateTime":"1972-01-02T17:12:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-02T17:12:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Jan-1972","startTime":"12:12 PM","endDate":"2-Jan-1972","endTime":"12:12 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-139 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. 17-139\n\nDate: January 2, 1972\nTime: 12:12 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President\n\n[See Conversation No. 311-37]\n\n     H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman's location","filename":["017-139.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:06:09","tapeEnd":"05:06:18","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"017-138","nextCode":"017-140","transcript":[{"start":1.15,"end":1.53,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":1.99,"end":4.71,"text":"Mr. President, Mr. Holloman went to church, and he'll be back about 1230."},{"start":5.11,"end":5.79,"text":"Could I have him call you?"},{"start":6.4,"end":6.62,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":6.86,"end":7.12,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon received a brief update from the White House operator regarding the availability of an individual named Mr. Holloman. The operator noted that Holloman was currently at church and would return by 12:30 pm. Nixon instructed the operator to have Holloman return his call once he was back.","topics":["Holloman","scheduling","White House communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:54:24.245Z"},"topicSlugs":["holloman","scheduling","white-house-communications"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"017-139.mp3","bytes":213785,"durationSec":8.85,"bitrate":193254,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.937Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/017-139.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-139","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/17/conversation-017-139","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}