{"conversationCode":"012-073","tapeNumber":12,"conversationNumber":73,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-012-073","startDateTime":"1971-10-22T01:44:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-22T01:45:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Oct-1971","startTime":"9:44 PM","endDate":"21-Oct-1971","endTime":"9:45 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 from 9:44 pm to 9:45 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-073 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. 012-073\n\nDate: October 21, 1971\nTime: 9:44 pm- 9:45 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n     Charles W. Colson's schedule","filename":["012-073.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:44:24","tapeEnd":"02:44:33","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"012-072","nextCode":"012-074","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.66,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":1.9,"end":3.21,"text":"Mr. Coulson's in Rutholm."},{"start":3.23,"end":7.11,"text":"Should be there any minute."},{"start":7.13,"end":7.23,"text":"Live?"},{"start":7.25,"end":7.39,"text":"Not me."},{"start":7.41,"end":7.59,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"The President contacted the White House operator to secure the current location and availability of Charles W. Colson. The operator confirmed that Colson was in Rutholm and expected to arrive shortly. This brief administrative exchange served to coordinate the President's immediate communication needs regarding Colson's schedule.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Scheduling","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:36:50.100Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","scheduling","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"012-073.mp3","bytes":183065,"durationSec":7.56,"bitrate":193741,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.040Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:36.052Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/012-073.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-073","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/12/conversation-012-073","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}