{"conversationCode":"023-003","tapeNumber":23,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-023-003","startDateTime":"1972-04-17T17:28:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-17T17:28:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Apr-1972","startTime":"12:28 PM","endDate":"17-Apr-1972","endTime":"12:28 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 12:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-003 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. 23-3\n\nDate: April 17, 1972\nTime: 12:28 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 709-20A]\n\n     Request for a call to William P. Rogers","filename":["023-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"023-002","nextCode":"023-004","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":7.24,"text":"You can get Secretary Rogers now if he's finished his testimony."},{"start":7.26,"end":9.06,"text":"All right, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a call to Secretary of State William P. Rogers. The President specified that the call should be connected only after Rogers concluded his ongoing congressional testimony. This action was intended to facilitate direct communication regarding the Secretary's legislative appearances.","topics":["William P. Rogers","Secretary of State","Congressional testimony","White House communications","Foreign policy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:31:54.122Z"},"topicSlugs":["william-p-rogers","secretary-of-state","congressional-testimony","white-house-communications","foreign-policy"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"023-003.mp3","bytes":227577,"durationSec":9.42,"bitrate":193316,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.521Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/023-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/23/conversation-023-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}