{"conversationCode":"012-072","tapeNumber":12,"conversationNumber":72,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-012-072","startDateTime":"1971-10-22T01:44:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-22T01:44:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Oct-1971","startTime":"9:44 PM","endDate":"21-Oct-1971","endTime":"9:44 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","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 9:44 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-072 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. 012-072\n\nDate: October 21, 1971\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nTime: 9:44 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["012-072.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:44:17","tapeEnd":"02:44:24","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"012-071","nextCode":"012-073","transcript":[{"start":0.17,"end":5.42,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":5.43,"end":5.74,"text":"Awesome please."},{"start":5.76,"end":6.06,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call to his special counsel, Charles W. Colson. This brief administrative interaction served as the necessary logistical step to connect the President with one of his key political advisors. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief exchange.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House communications","administrative logistics","presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:36:44.999Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-communications","administrative-logistics","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"012-072.mp3","bytes":191215,"durationSec":7.89,"bitrate":193858,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.041Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:36.052Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/012-072.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-072","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/12/conversation-012-072","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}