{"conversationCode":"023-002","tapeNumber":23,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-023-002","startDateTime":"1972-04-17T16:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-17T16:50:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Apr-1972","startTime":"11:35 AM","endDate":"17-Apr-1972","endTime":"11:50 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:35 am and 11:50 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-002 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. 23-2\n\nDate: April 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:35 and 11:50 a.m.\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 709-15B]\n\n     Status of call to William P. Rogers\n          -Hold\n                 -Rogers's location","filename":["023-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"023-001","nextCode":"023-003","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.35,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":2.37,"end":3.41,"text":"Oh, hold that call."},{"start":3.49,"end":4.52,"text":"He's still testifying."},{"start":4.58,"end":5.39,"text":"Fine."},{"start":5.41,"end":5.99,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to check the status of a scheduled call to Secretary of State William P. Rogers. Upon learning that Rogers was unavailable because he was still testifying before Congress, Nixon instructed the operator to hold the call. No further substantive matters were discussed during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["William P. Rogers","White House communications","Congressional testimony","Scheduling","Executive office administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:31:48.804Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-p-rogers","white-house-communications","congressional-testimony","scheduling","executive-office-administration"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"023-002.mp3","bytes":147329,"durationSec":6.09,"bitrate":193653,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.522Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/023-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/23/conversation-023-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}