{"conversationCode":"006-196","tapeNumber":6,"conversationNumber":196,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-006-196","startDateTime":"1971-07-23T13:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-07-23T17:55:00.000Z","startDate":"23-Jul-1971","startTime":"9:51 AM","endDate":"23-Jul-1971","endTime":"1:55 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On July 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:51 am and 1:55 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 006-196 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. 6-196\n\nDate: July 23, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 9:51 am and 1:55 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["006-196.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:59:36","tapeEnd":"04:59:43","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"006-195","nextCode":"006-197","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":3.66,"text":"Ted, please."},{"start":3.68,"end":4.7,"text":"Coulson, please."},{"start":4.72,"end":6.29,"text":"Yes, that's right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to be connected with Charles W. Colson. The brief exchange serves as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the President and his special counsel. No substantive policy matters are discussed as the conversation is limited to the procedural task of establishing the phone connection.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","telecommunications","presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:23:50.703Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","telecommunications","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"006-196.mp3","bytes":168953,"durationSec":6.95,"bitrate":194576,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.079Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/006-196.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/006-196","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/6/conversation-006-196","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}