{"conversationCode":"717-004","tapeNumber":717,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-717-004","startDateTime":"1972-05-02T14:58:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-02T15:04:00.000Z","startDate":"2-May-1972","startTime":"10:58 AM","endDate":"2-May-1972","endTime":"11:04 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 10:58 am and 11:04 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 717-004 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. 717-4\n\nDate: May 2, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:58 and 11:04 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 23-107]","filename":["717-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:08:07","tapeEnd":"00:13:03","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"717-003","nextCode":"717-005","transcript":[{"start":2.09,"end":3.73,"text":"I'll get the call right away, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing telephone communication. The brief exchange focused on establishing a connection with an unspecified party. The conversation concluded with the President confirming his request for the operator to place the call immediately.","topics":["White House communications","telecommunications","presidential operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T03:10:36.149Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","telecommunications","presidential-operations"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"717-004.mp3","bytes":248473,"durationSec":6.07,"bitrate":327653,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.687Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/717-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/717-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/717/conversation-717-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}