{"conversationCode":"617-020","tapeNumber":617,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-617-020","startDateTime":"1971-11-12T22:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-12T22:55:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Nov-1971","startTime":"5:55 PM","endDate":"12-Nov-1971","endTime":"5:55 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 5:55 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 617-020 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 617-020\n\nDate: November 15, 1971\nTime: 5:55 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 14-107]","filename":["617-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:41:41","tapeEnd":"03:42:01","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"617-019","nextCode":"617-021","transcript":[{"start":0.5,"end":1.3,"text":"Thank you very much."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon held a brief exchange with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing connection. The interaction served as a functional administrative request to initiate a phone call. No substantive policy discussions or significant political decisions occurred during this brief communication.","topics":["White House administration","Telecommunications","Presidential operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T00:53:28.802Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-administration","telecommunications","presidential-operations"],"audioDurationSec":4,"audioFiles":[{"file":"617-020.mp3","bytes":155648,"durationSec":3.78,"bitrate":329413,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:51.995Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/617-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/617-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/617/conversation-617-020","catalogNaId":417179791,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417179791","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}