{"conversationCode":"011-118","tapeNumber":11,"conversationNumber":118,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-011-118","startDateTime":"1971-10-18T21:25:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-18T21:32:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Oct-1971","startTime":"5:25 PM","endDate":"18-Oct-1971","endTime":"5:32 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:25 pm and 5:32 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-118 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. 011-118\n\n Date: October 18, 1971\n Time: Unknown between 5:25 pm and 5:32 pm\n Location: White House Telephone\n\n The President talked with the White House operator.\n\n [See Conversation No. 291-18]\n\n        Request for call to Charles W. Colson\n\nRichard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["011-118.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:17:54","tapeEnd":"03:18:04","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"011-117","nextCode":"011-119","transcript":[{"start":2.54,"end":4.35,"text":"Colson, please."},{"start":4.37,"end":4.57,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call through the White House operator to contact special counsel Charles W. Colson. The exchange serves exclusively as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the President and his aide. No substantive policy matters or tactical decisions are discussed during this brief request for a connection.","topics":["White House communications","Charles W. Colson","Presidential scheduling","Telephone logs"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:26:13.180Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","charles-w-colson","presidential-scheduling","telephone-logs"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"011-118.mp3","bytes":200359,"durationSec":6.13,"bitrate":261493,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.040Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:35.694Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/011-118.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-118","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/11/conversation-011-118","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}