{"conversationCode":"376-017","tapeNumber":376,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-376-017","startDateTime":"1972-11-02T14:21:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-02T14:38:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Nov-1972","startTime":"9:21 AM","endDate":"2-Nov-1972","endTime":"9:38 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 2, 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 9:21 am and 9:38 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 376-017 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. 376-17\n\nDate: November 2, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 9:21 am and 9:38 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n[See Conversation No. 32-133]","filename":["376-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"376-016","nextCode":"376-018","transcript":[{"start":0.27,"end":5.58,"text":"Christ please."},{"start":5.6,"end":5.7,"text":"Yeah."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing telephone call. The exchange serves primarily as a logistical connection to facilitate further communication. No substantive policy matters or major decisions were recorded during this brief administrative interaction.","topics":["White House operator","Telecommunications","Logistics","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T17:28:26.908Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","telecommunications","logistics","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"376-017.mp3","bytes":204381,"durationSec":8.45,"bitrate":193420,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.875Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/376-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/376-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/376/conversation-376-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}