{"conversationCode":"015-037","tapeNumber":15,"conversationNumber":37,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-015-037","startDateTime":"1971-11-18T20:42:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-18T20:47:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Nov-1971","startTime":"3:42 PM","endDate":"18-Nov-1971","endTime":"3:47 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:42 pm and 3:47 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-037 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. 15-37\n\nDate: November 18, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:42 pm and 3:47 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 294-22C]\n\n     Request for a call Charles W. Colson","filename":["015-037.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:47:06","tapeEnd":"00:47:13","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"015-036","nextCode":"015-038","transcript":[{"start":3.35,"end":4.25,"text":"Colson, please."},{"start":4.43,"end":5.28,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone communication through the White House operator to request a conversation with Charles W. Colson. This administrative exchange serves to facilitate direct contact between the President and his special counsel. The primary action item is the immediate placement of the call to Colson to address undisclosed matters.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Presidential communication","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:14:27.324Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"015-037.mp3","bytes":160495,"durationSec":6.63,"bitrate":193645,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.618Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/015-037.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-037","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/15/conversation-015-037","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}