{"conversationCode":"017-166","tapeNumber":17,"conversationNumber":166,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-017-166","startDateTime":"1972-01-03T04:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-03T05:29:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Jan-1972","startTime":"11:45 PM","endDate":"3-Jan-1972","endTime":"12:29 AM","dateCertainty":"estimated","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 11:45 pm on January 2, 1972 and 12:29 am on January 3, 1972. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-166 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. 17-166\n\nDate: Unknown between January 2 and January 3, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:45 pm, January 2 and 12:29 am, January 3, 1972\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to Charles G. (\"Bebe\") Rebozo","filename":["017-166.mp3"],"tapeStart":"06:22:51","tapeEnd":"06:23:04","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"017-165","nextCode":"017-167","transcript":[{"start":0.22,"end":13.46,"text":"Mr. Rebezzo in Florida please."},{"start":13.48,"end":13.8,"text":"Thank you sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a long-distance telephone call to his close friend and confidant, Charles G. \"Bebe\" Rebozo. The President provided the recipient's name and location in Florida to facilitate the connection. This brief exchange served solely as a logistical request for the operator to bridge the communication to Rebozo.","topics":["Bebe Rebozo","White House operator","Telecommunications","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:56:54.830Z"},"topicSlugs":["bebe-rebozo","white-house-operator","telecommunications","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"017-166.mp3","bytes":332276,"durationSec":13.77,"bitrate":193076,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.936Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/017-166.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-166","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/17/conversation-017-166","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}