{"conversationCode":"002-029","tapeNumber":2,"conversationNumber":29,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-002-029","startDateTime":"1971-04-22T23:56:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-23T01:10:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Apr-1971","startTime":"6:56 PM","endDate":"22-Apr-1971","endTime":"8:10 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:56 pm and 8:10 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-029 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. 2-29\n\nDate: April 22, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 6:56 pm and 8:10 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to Charles W. Colson\n\n                                                                                               Back to Top\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["002-029.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:52:57","tapeEnd":"00:53:02","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"002-028","nextCode":"002-030","transcript":[{"start":0.28,"end":1.31,"text":"Coulson, please."},{"start":1.82,"end":2.01,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone request to the White House operator to be connected with Charles W. Colson. The interaction serves as a functional administrative call to facilitate a direct line of communication between the President and his special counsel. No further substantive discussion occurs during this exchange.","topics":["White House communications","Charles W. Colson","Presidential scheduling","administrative procedures"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:10:12.347Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","charles-w-colson","presidential-scheduling","administrative-procedures"],"audioDurationSec":3,"audioFiles":[{"file":"002-029.mp3","bytes":78993,"durationSec":3.22,"bitrate":196455,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.569Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:32.961Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/002-029.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-029","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/2/conversation-002-029","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}