{"conversationCode":"005-108","tapeNumber":5,"conversationNumber":108,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-005-108","startDateTime":"1971-06-17T17:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-17T18:22:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Jun-1971","startTime":"1:16 PM","endDate":"17-Jun-1971","endTime":"2:22 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 2:22 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 005-108 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. 5-108\n\nDate: June 17, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:16 pm and 2:22 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 261-13]\n\n     Call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["005-108.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:11:54","tapeEnd":"03:12:03","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"005-107","nextCode":"005-109","transcript":[{"start":2.56,"end":3.96,"text":"Mr. Coulson, please."},{"start":3.98,"end":5.59,"text":"Mr. Coulson, thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to connect him with Charles W. Colson. This brief communication serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate a direct consultation between the President and his special counsel. No further substantive discussion occurs during this exchange.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Presidential communication","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:59:56.206Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"005-108.mp3","bytes":86956,"durationSec":7.8,"bitrate":89226,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.078Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/005-108.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/005-108","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/5/conversation-005-108","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}