{"conversationCode":"017-145","tapeNumber":17,"conversationNumber":145,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-017-145","startDateTime":"1972-01-02T20:36:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-02T20:40:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Jan-1972","startTime":"3:36 PM","endDate":"2-Jan-1972","endTime":"3:40 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 3:36 pm and 3:40 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-145 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. 17-145\n\nDate: January 2, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:36 pm and 3:40 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 311-45]\n\n     Request for a call to Henry A. Kissinger","filename":["017-145.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:25:57","tapeEnd":"05:26:04","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"017-144","nextCode":"017-146","transcript":[{"start":2.61,"end":3.67,"text":"Dr. Kissinger, please."},{"start":4.15,"end":4.95,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call through the White House operator to contact National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. This exchange serves as a standard administrative request to establish a secure line for communication. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief connection.","topics":["Henry Kissinger","Communications","White House Operations","Foreign Policy Coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:54:58.015Z"},"topicSlugs":["henry-kissinger","communications","white-house-operations","foreign-policy-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"017-145.mp3","bytes":163630,"durationSec":6.75,"bitrate":194004,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.937Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/017-145.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-145","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/17/conversation-017-145","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}