{"conversationCode":"320-017","tapeNumber":320,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-320-017","startDateTime":"1972-02-08T19:31:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-08T19:44:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Feb-1972","startTime":"2:31 PM","endDate":"8-Feb-1972","endTime":"2:44 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 8, 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 2:31 pm and 2:44 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 320-017 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. 320-17\n\nDate: February 8, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:31 pm and 2:44 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 20-60]","filename":["320-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:40:00","tapeEnd":"00:40:24","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"320-016","nextCode":"320-018","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":4.27,"text":"Hello, Senator Scott, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs the White House operator to place a telephone call to Senator Hugh Scott. This brief administrative interaction serves as a routine logistical request to facilitate communication between the President and the Senate Minority Leader. No further substantive policy matters are addressed in this exchange.","topics":["Hugh Scott","Communication management","White House operations","Executive communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:52:59.792Z"},"topicSlugs":["hugh-scott","communication-management","white-house-operations","executive-communication"],"audioDurationSec":4,"audioFiles":[{"file":"320-017.mp3","bytes":175334,"durationSec":4.23,"bitrate":331346,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.568Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/320-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/320-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/320/conversation-320-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}