{"conversationCode":"011-027","tapeNumber":11,"conversationNumber":27,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-011-027","startDateTime":"1971-10-11T13:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-11T14:28:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Oct-1971","startTime":"9:05 AM","endDate":"11-Oct-1971","endTime":"10:28 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:05 am and 10:28 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-027 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 011-027\n\n Date: October 11, 1971\n Time: Unknown between 9:05 am and 10:28 am\n Location: White House Telephone\n\n The President talked with the White House operator.\n\n [See Conversation No. 287-6]\n\n        Request for call to Charles W. Colson\n\nRichard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["011-027.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:44:17","tapeEnd":"00:44:23","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"011-026","nextCode":"011-028","transcript":[{"start":3.22,"end":3.83,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":4.89,"end":5.66,"text":"Coulson, please."},{"start":5.88,"end":6.57,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to place a telephone call to Special Counsel Charles W. Colson. This brief interaction serves as a routine administrative step to facilitate direct communication between the President and his advisor. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occur during this brief exchange.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Presidential communications","Administrative procedures"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:17:45.164Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","administrative-procedures"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"011-027.mp3","bytes":286459,"durationSec":8.82,"bitrate":259900,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.709Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:35.683Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/011-027.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-027","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/11/conversation-011-027","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}