{"conversationCode":"015-158","tapeNumber":15,"conversationNumber":158,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-015-158","startDateTime":"1971-11-29T20:53:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-29T20:53:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Nov-1971","startTime":"3:53 PM","endDate":"29-Nov-1971","endTime":"3:53 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Ehrlichman, John D.;","description":"On November 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone at 3:53 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-158 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. 15-158\n\nDate: November 29, 1971\nTime: 3:53 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator; John D. Ehrlichman can be heard in the\nbackground.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 306-10A]\n\n     Request that Charles W. Colson come to the Executive Office Building [EOB] office","filename":["015-158.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:26:28","tapeEnd":"04:26:39","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Ehrlichman, John D."],"prevCode":"015-157","nextCode":"015-159","transcript":[{"start":3.22,"end":5.83,"text":"Would you ask Mr. Colson to come over, please, to the OB?"},{"start":6.08,"end":8.59,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to summon Charles W. Colson to his Executive Office Building (EOB) location. John D. Ehrlichman was present during the call, which served as a brief administrative directive to coordinate a meeting with Colson. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief communication.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","Executive Office Building","Administrative coordination","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:25:31.455Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","executive-office-building","administrative-coordination","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"015-158.mp3","bytes":257044,"durationSec":10.63,"bitrate":193363,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.619Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/015-158.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-158","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/15/conversation-015-158","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}