{"conversationCode":"013-157","tapeNumber":13,"conversationNumber":157,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-013-157","startDateTime":"1971-11-09T01:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-09T02:03:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Nov-1971","startTime":"8:54 PM","endDate":"8-Nov-1971","endTime":"9:03 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:54 pm and 9:03 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-157 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. 013-157\n\nDate: November 8, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:54 pm and 9:03 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":["013-157.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:34:57","tapeEnd":"04:35:03","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"013-156","nextCode":"013-158","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":5.82,"text":"Coulson, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call to the White House operator to be connected with his special counsel, Charles W. Colson. This communication serves as a routine administrative request to facilitate a direct discussion between the President and a key advisor. No further substantive policy matters are addressed in this short exchange.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House administration","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:56:06.271Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-administration","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"013-157.mp3","bytes":140433,"durationSec":5.78,"bitrate":194431,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.322Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:36.421Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/013-157.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-157","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/013/conversation-013-157","catalogNaId":417190529,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417190529","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}