{"conversationCode":"011-063","tapeNumber":11,"conversationNumber":63,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-011-063","startDateTime":"1971-10-12T17:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-12T17:55:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Oct-1971","startTime":"1:34 PM","endDate":"12-Oct-1971","endTime":"1:55 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 12, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:34 pm and 1:55 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-063 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. 011-063\n\n Date: October 12, 1971\n Time: Unknown between 1:34 pm and 1:55 pm\n Location: White House Telephone\n\n The President talked with the White House operator.\n\n [See Conversation No. 588-17]\n\nRichard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n        Request for call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["011-063.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:33:36","tapeEnd":"01:33:42","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"011-062","nextCode":"011-064","transcript":[{"start":0.81,"end":3.81,"text":"Please."},{"start":3.83,"end":5.09,"text":"To Colson, please."},{"start":5.74,"end":5.96,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to be connected with Charles W. Colson. The call serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate direct communication between the President and his special counsel. No substantive policy matters are discussed during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Presidential communication","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:21:04.390Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"011-063.mp3","bytes":218749,"durationSec":6.71,"bitrate":260844,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.040Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:35.688Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/011-063.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-063","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/11/conversation-011-063","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}