{"conversationCode":"317-016","tapeNumber":317,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-317-016","startDateTime":"1972-01-24T21:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-24T21:27:00.000Z","startDate":"24-Jan-1972","startTime":"4:20 PM","endDate":"24-Jan-1972","endTime":"4:27 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 4:20 pm and 4:27 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 317-016 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. 317-016\nDate: January 24, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 4:20 pm and 4:27 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n[See Conversation No. 19-52]","filename":["317-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:09:56","tapeEnd":"02:10:52","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"317-015","nextCode":"317-017","transcript":[{"start":0.08,"end":8.88,"text":"We're gonna get our place."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief, informal communication with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The discussion served as a logistical bridge to connect the President with a subsequent party. No substantive policy matters or administrative decisions were documented during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["White House operations","telecommunications","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:45:44.072Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","telecommunications","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"317-016.mp3","bytes":360297,"durationSec":8.87,"bitrate":324906,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.568Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/317-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/317-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/317/conversation-317-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}