{"conversationCode":"017-147","tapeNumber":17,"conversationNumber":147,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-017-147","startDateTime":"1972-01-02T20:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-02T20:58:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Jan-1972","startTime":"3:50 PM","endDate":"2-Jan-1972","endTime":"3:58 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 3:50 pm and 3:58 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-147 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. 17-147\n\nDate: January 2, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:50 pm and 3:58 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 311-47]\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Phone calls\n               -Tricia Nixon Cox\n               -Julie Nixon Eisenhower\n               -Rose Mary Woods\n               -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["017-147.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:36:30","tapeEnd":"05:36:55","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"017-146","nextCode":"017-148","transcript":[{"start":3.29,"end":3.91,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":4.15,"end":9.72,"text":"Operator, I wanted to tell you that tonight after 10.30, I will be unavailable by phone."},{"start":10.32,"end":10.6,"text":"All right."},{"start":10.62,"end":18.22,"text":"And would you, any calls that come up to me, unless there's one from either Trisha or Julie, they can reach me then."},{"start":18.24,"end":19.06,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":19.08,"end":22.28,"text":"But any other calls go to Ms. Woods or Mr. Haldeman, okay?"},{"start":22.3,"end":23.49,"text":"After 10.30, yes, sir."},{"start":23.51,"end":24.05,"text":"Fine, thank you."},{"start":24.13,"end":24.69,"text":"You're welcome."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to establish communication protocols for the remainder of the evening. He specified that he would be unavailable for most calls after 10:30 p.m., redirecting incoming inquiries to Rose Mary Woods or H.R. Haldeman. The President made an explicit exception to this policy for his daughters, Tricia Nixon Cox and Julie Nixon Eisenhower, authorizing them to reach him at any time.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","White House communications","H.R. Haldeman","Rose Mary Woods","Tricia Nixon Cox","Julie Nixon Eisenhower"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:55:09.320Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","white-house-communications","h-r-haldeman","rose-mary-woods","tricia-nixon-cox","julie-nixon-eisenhower"],"audioDurationSec":25,"audioFiles":[{"file":"017-147.mp3","bytes":608756,"durationSec":25.29,"bitrate":192591,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.937Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/017-147.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-147","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/17/conversation-017-147","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}