{"conversationCode":"012-052","tapeNumber":12,"conversationNumber":52,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-012-052","startDateTime":"1971-10-21T21:53:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-21T22:08:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Oct-1971","startTime":"5:53 PM","endDate":"21-Oct-1971","endTime":"6:08 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:53 pm and 6:08 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-052 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. 012-052\n\nDate: October 21, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:53 pm and 6:08 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 281-57]\n\n     Request for call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["012-052.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:13:00","tapeEnd":"01:13:07","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"012-051","nextCode":"012-053","transcript":[{"start":2.27,"end":2.92,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":2.94,"end":3.68,"text":"Colson, please."},{"start":3.78,"end":4.79,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone exchange with the White House operator to request a connection to Charles W. Colson. This administrative interaction serves as a functional request to facilitate communication between the President and a key political aide. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief logistical coordination.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House communications","administrative logistics","presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:34:57.560Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-communications","administrative-logistics","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"012-052.mp3","bytes":154852,"durationSec":6.39,"bitrate":193720,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.041Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:36.048Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/012-052.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-052","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/12/conversation-012-052","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}