{"conversationCode":"015-055","tapeNumber":15,"conversationNumber":55,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-015-055","startDateTime":"1971-11-20T13:09:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-20T13:37:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Nov-1971","startTime":"8:09 AM","endDate":"20-Nov-1971","endTime":"8:37 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 20, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:09 am and 8:37 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-055 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. 15-55\n\nDate: November 20, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:09 am and 8:37 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 621-13]\n\n     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["015-055.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:34:49","tapeEnd":"01:34:58","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"015-054","nextCode":"015-056","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":5.42,"text":"Ms. Coulson, please."},{"start":5.44,"end":7.32,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone exchange with the White House operator to request a connection to Charles W. Colson. This communication serves as an administrative bridge to facilitate a direct discussion between the President and his special counsel. No substantive policy matters or further decisions were recorded during this brief request.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Administrative communications","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:16:07.948Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","administrative-communications","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"015-055.mp3","bytes":182438,"durationSec":7.55,"bitrate":193408,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.618Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/015-055.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-055","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/15/conversation-015-055","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}