{"conversationCode":"717-002","tapeNumber":717,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-717-002","startDateTime":"1972-05-02T14:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-02T14:57:00.000Z","startDate":"2-May-1972","startTime":"10:55 AM","endDate":"2-May-1972","endTime":"10:57 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On May 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:55 am and 10:57 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 717-002 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 717-2\n\nDate: May 2, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:55 and 10:57 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 23-105]","filename":["717-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:03:16","tapeEnd":"00:03:42","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"717-001","nextCode":"717-003","transcript":[{"start":0.19,"end":1.07,"text":"Mrs. Dexter, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief request to the White House operator to place a phone call to Mrs. Dexter. This administrative interaction serves as a routine directive to connect the President with an outside party. No further substantive policy matters or historical developments occur during this brief communication exchange.","topics":["White House operations","Presidential communications","Administrative requests"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T03:10:25.148Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","presidential-communications","administrative-requests"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"717-002.mp3","bytes":286089,"durationSec":7,"bitrate":326800,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.687Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/717-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/717-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/717/conversation-717-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}