{"conversationCode":"022-017","tapeNumber":22,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-022-017","startDateTime":"1972-03-24T18:29:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-24T19:05:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Mar-1972","startTime":"1:29 PM","endDate":"24-Mar-1972","endTime":"2:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 24, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:29 pm and 2:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-017 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 22-17\n\nDate: March 24, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:29 pm and 2:05 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for call to Ronald L. Ziegler","filename":["022-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:53:00","tapeEnd":"00:53:06","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"022-016","nextCode":"022-018","transcript":[{"start":0.13,"end":3.8,"text":"A cigarette, please."},{"start":4.14,"end":4.91,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon requested that the White House operator connect him with Press Secretary Ronald L. Ziegler. The brief exchange served as a logistical instruction to facilitate direct communication with his press office. No further policy discussions or significant developments occurred during this brief request.","topics":["Ronald L. Ziegler","White House communications","Presidential staff","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:18:38.259Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-l-ziegler","white-house-communications","presidential-staff","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"022-017.mp3","bytes":145448,"durationSec":5.99,"bitrate":194098,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.521Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/022-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/022/conversation-022-017","catalogNaId":417193001,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417193001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}