{"conversationCode":"012-127","tapeNumber":12,"conversationNumber":127,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-012-127","startDateTime":"1971-10-25T23:34:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-25T23:37:00.000Z","startDate":"25-Oct-1971","startTime":"7:34 PM","endDate":"25-Oct-1971","endTime":"7:37 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 25, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:34 pm and 7:37 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-127 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. 012-127\n\nDate: October 25, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 7:34 pm and 7:37 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for call to Charles W. Colson\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["012-127.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:22:01","tapeEnd":"05:22:09","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"012-126","nextCode":"012-128","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":7.78,"text":"Caution please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a call to the White House operator to facilitate a connection with his special counsel, Charles W. Colson. This administrative exchange serves as a brief logistical step to reach a key member of the White House staff. No substantive policy matters are addressed during this short communication.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Logistics","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:41:41.148Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","logistics","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"012-127.mp3","bytes":186826,"durationSec":7.73,"bitrate":193364,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.041Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:36.059Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/012-127.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-127","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/12/conversation-012-127","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}