{"conversationCode":"309-013","tapeNumber":309,"conversationNumber":13,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-309-013","startDateTime":"1971-12-24T19:12:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-24T19:16:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Dec-1971","startTime":"2:12 PM","endDate":"24-Dec-1971","endTime":"2:16 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 24, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:12 pm and 2:16 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 309-013 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 309-13\n\nDate: December 24, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:12 pm and 2:16 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 17-14]\n\n     Request for a call to Ronald W. Reagan","filename":["309-013.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:53:22","tapeEnd":"01:54:28","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"309-012","nextCode":"309-014","transcript":[{"start":4.79,"end":7.8,"text":"All right, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to be connected with California Governor Ronald Reagan. The interaction serves as a routine administrative step to facilitate a direct communication between the President and the Governor. No further substantive discussion occurs during this specific recording segment.","topics":["Ronald Reagan","White House operator","communication","administrative request"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:23:21.588Z"},"topicSlugs":["ronald-reagan","white-house-operator","communication","administrative-request"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"309-013.mp3","bytes":318481,"durationSec":7.82,"bitrate":325760,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.956Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/309-013.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/309-013","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/309/conversation-309-013","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}