{"conversationCode":"011-162","tapeNumber":11,"conversationNumber":162,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-011-162","startDateTime":"1971-10-20T14:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-20T18:23:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Oct-1971","startTime":"10:35 AM","endDate":"20-Oct-1971","endTime":"2:23 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:35 am and 2:23 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-162 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. 011-162\n\n Date: October 20, 1971\n Time: Unknown between 10:35 am and 2:23 pm\n Location: White House Telephone\n\nRichard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n The President talked with the White House operator.\n\n [See Conversation No. 282-7]\n\n        Request for call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["011-162.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:11:22","tapeEnd":"05:11:28","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"011-161","nextCode":"011-163","transcript":[{"start":0.13,"end":4.82,"text":"Colson, please."},{"start":4.83,"end":5.52,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to place a telephone call to his special counsel, Charles W. Colson. The exchange serves solely as a brief administrative interaction to facilitate this direct communication. No substantive policy discussions or decisions are recorded during this brief technical request.","topics":["White House operator","Charles W. Colson","Telephone protocols","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:30:09.191Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","charles-w-colson","telephone-protocols","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"011-162.mp3","bytes":226273,"durationSec":6.95,"bitrate":260459,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.040Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:35.699Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/011-162.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-162","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/11/conversation-011-162","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}