{"conversationCode":"002-020","tapeNumber":2,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-002-020","startDateTime":"1971-04-21T00:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-21T00:45:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Apr-1971","startTime":"7:43 PM","endDate":"20-Apr-1971","endTime":"7:45 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:43 pm and 7:45 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-020 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 2-20\n\nDate: April 20, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 7:43 pm and 7:45 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["002-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:22:05","tapeEnd":"00:22:11","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"002-019","nextCode":"002-021","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":0.58,"text":"I'll be there."},{"start":0.6,"end":1.33,"text":"Call soon?"},{"start":1.35,"end":1.96,"text":"Certainly."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to connect him with special counsel Charles W. Colson. This brief administrative exchange served as the precursor to a direct consultation between the President and one of his key political advisors. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this initial connection request.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Presidential communication","Administration staffing"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:09:21.599Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","administration-staffing"],"audioDurationSec":2,"audioFiles":[{"file":"002-020.mp3","bytes":55796,"durationSec":2.24,"bitrate":199102,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.350Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/002-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/2/conversation-002-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}