{"conversationCode":"017-141","tapeNumber":17,"conversationNumber":141,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-017-141","startDateTime":"1972-01-02T17:28:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-02T17:39:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Jan-1972","startTime":"12:28 PM","endDate":"2-Jan-1972","endTime":"12:39 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 12:28 pm and 12:39 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-141 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. 17-141\n\nDate: January 2, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:28 pm and 12:39 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 311-40]\n\n     Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["017-141.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:10:50","tapeEnd":"05:10:58","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"017-140","nextCode":"017-142","transcript":[{"start":2.09,"end":6.92,"text":"Dr. Kissinger, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief telephone communication with the White House operator to request an urgent connection with his National Security Advisor, Henry A. Kissinger. This administrative call served as a logistical step to facilitate direct consultation between the President and Kissinger regarding sensitive foreign policy or security matters. No substantive discussion occurred beyond the request to place the call.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","White House operations","Presidential communications","Foreign policy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:54:35.752Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","foreign-policy"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"017-141.mp3","bytes":193096,"durationSec":7.99,"bitrate":193272,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.937Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/017-141.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-141","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/17/conversation-017-141","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}