{"conversationCode":"363-017","tapeNumber":363,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-363-017","startDateTime":"1972-08-08T20:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-08T20:56:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Aug-1972","startTime":"4:54 PM","endDate":"8-Aug-1972","endTime":"4:56 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On August 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 4:54 pm and 4:56 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 363-017 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 363-17\n\nDate: August 8, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 4:54 pm and 4:56 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 29-60]","filename":["363-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"363-016","nextCode":"363-018","transcript":[{"start":0.08,"end":2.4,"text":"Let me try that."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief, informal communication with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. The interaction serves as a routine administrative request to establish a connection with another party. No substantive policy matters or major decisions are recorded during this brief technical exchange.","topics":["White House communications","administrative logistics","telecommunications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:00:17.081Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","administrative-logistics","telecommunications"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"363-017.mp3","bytes":194350,"durationSec":8.04,"bitrate":193383,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.874Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:27.074Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/363-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/363-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/363/conversation-363-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}