{"conversationCode":"013-098","tapeNumber":13,"conversationNumber":98,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-013-098","startDateTime":"1971-11-03T17:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-03T17:20:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Nov-1971","startTime":"12:16 PM","endDate":"3-Nov-1971","endTime":"12:20 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:16 pm and 12:20 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-098 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. 013-098\n\nDate: November 3, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 12:16 pm and 12:20 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 301-12]\n\n     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["013-098.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:32:56","tapeEnd":"03:33:06","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"013-097","nextCode":"013-099","transcript":[{"start":5.43,"end":6.08,"text":"Please."},{"start":6.1,"end":6.86,"text":"Colson please."},{"start":6.88,"end":7.93,"text":"Thank you Mr President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Charles W. Colson. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the President and his Special Counsel. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief connection.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House communications","Presidential staff","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:50:52.001Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-communications","presidential-staff","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"013-098.mp3","bytes":212531,"durationSec":8.79,"bitrate":193479,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.041Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/013-098.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-098","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/13/conversation-013-098","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}