{"conversationCode":"013-059","tapeNumber":13,"conversationNumber":59,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-013-059","startDateTime":"1971-11-01T22:18:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-01T22:34:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Nov-1971","startTime":"5:18 PM","endDate":"1-Nov-1971","endTime":"5:34 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 1, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:18 pm and 5:34 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-059 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. 013-059\n\nDate: November 1, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 5:18 pm and 5:34 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["013-059.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:07:00","tapeEnd":"02:07:04","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"013-058","nextCode":"013-060","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":5.84,"text":"Mr. Coulson, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone request to the White House operator to be connected with special counsel Charles W. Colson. The exchange serves as a procedural call to facilitate communication with a key member of the President's staff. No further substantive policy matters or decisions are discussed during this connection attempt.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House communications","Presidential scheduling","White House operator"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:47:21.625Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling","white-house-operator"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"013-059.mp3","bytes":140433,"durationSec":5.79,"bitrate":193970,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.041Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/013-059.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-059","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/13/conversation-013-059","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}