{"conversationCode":"317-005","tapeNumber":317,"conversationNumber":5,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-317-005","startDateTime":"1972-01-24T18:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-24T18:51:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Jan-1972","startTime":"1:05 PM","endDate":"24-Jan-1972","endTime":"1:51 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 24, 1972, 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 1:05 pm and 1:51 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 317-005 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 317-005\n\nDate: January 24, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:05 pm and 1:51 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 19-41]","filename":["317-005.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:07:16","tapeEnd":"00:07:52","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"317-004","nextCode":"317-006","transcript":[{"start":0.39,"end":8.61,"text":"Congressman Wilbur Mills, if he, I think, is in his home in Arkansas."},{"start":8.63,"end":9.67,"text":"But if he's here, he could probably stay at home."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate contact with Congressman Wilbur Mills. The President sought to determine whether Mills was currently at his residence in Arkansas or in Washington, D.C. This coordination was initiated to establish a line of communication with the Congressman for an unspecified purpose.","topics":["Wilbur Mills","White House Operator","Communication","Congressional Relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:44:38.492Z"},"topicSlugs":["wilbur-mills","white-house-operator","communication","congressional-relations"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"317-005.mp3","bytes":401048,"durationSec":9.88,"bitrate":324740,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.568Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/317-005.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/317-005","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/317/conversation-317-005","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}