{"conversationCode":"003-131","tapeNumber":3,"conversationNumber":131,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-003-131","startDateTime":"1971-05-26T18:19:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-26T18:20:00.000Z","startDate":"26-May-1971","startTime":"2:19 PM","endDate":"26-May-1971","endTime":"2:20 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On May 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:19 pm and 2:20 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-131 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. 3-131\n\nDate: May 26, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 2:19 pm and 2:20 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 253-11]\n\nThe President conferred with an unknown person.\n                                               79\n\n                            NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF\n\n                                       Tape Subject Log\n                                          (rev. 9/08)\n\n\n\n     President's schedule\n\n[End of conferral]\n\n     Call to Charles W. Colson\n\n\n                                                                           Conv. No. 3-131 (cont.)","filename":["003-131.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:18:01","tapeEnd":"03:18:09","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"003-130","nextCode":"003-132","transcript":[{"start":4.57,"end":5.16,"text":"315."},{"start":7.64,"end":8.16,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":8.18,"end":8.87,"text":"Colson, please."},{"start":9.03,"end":9.55,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to special counsel Charles W. Colson. This brief communication served to initiate a direct line of contact between the President and a key political operative. The exchange was limited to these logistical arrangements and did not involve further substantive discussion.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Presidential communication","Political staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:32:30.506Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","political-staff"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"003-131.mp3","bytes":123831,"durationSec":10.8,"bitrate":91731,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.570Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/003-131.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-131","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/3/conversation-003-131","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}