{"conversationCode":"005-079","tapeNumber":5,"conversationNumber":79,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-005-079","startDateTime":"1971-06-15T22:03:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-15T22:21:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Jun-1971","startTime":"6:03 PM","endDate":"15-Jun-1971","endTime":"6:21 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:03 pm and 6:21 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-079 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. 5-79\n\nDate: June 15, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 6:03 pm and 6:21 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 261-2]\n\n     Call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["005-079.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:33:11","tapeEnd":"02:33:17","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"005-078","nextCode":"005-080","transcript":[{"start":2.63,"end":3.43,"text":"Colson, please."},{"start":3.57,"end":4.3,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Charles W. Colson. This brief interaction served as a logistical bridge to facilitate a direct communication between the President and his Special Counsel. The request for this specific connection signifies an intent to discuss current administration matters with Colson.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Presidential communications","Staff coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:57:19.990Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","staff-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"005-079.mp3","bytes":72681,"durationSec":6.3,"bitrate":92258,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.077Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/005-079.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-079","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/5/conversation-005-079","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}