{"conversationCode":"015-172","tapeNumber":15,"conversationNumber":172,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-015-172","startDateTime":"1971-11-29T23:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-29T23:22:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Nov-1971","startTime":"6:16 PM","endDate":"29-Nov-1971","endTime":"6:22 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:16 pm and 6:22 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-172 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. 15-172\n\nDate: November 29, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 6:16 pm and 6:22 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 306-19]\n\n     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["015-172.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:40:43","tapeEnd":"04:40:49","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"015-171","nextCode":"015-173","transcript":[{"start":2.54,"end":3.63,"text":"Coulson please."},{"start":3.73,"end":5.47,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a brief telephone request for the White House operator to connect him with special counsel Charles W. Colson. This communication served as an administrative bridge to facilitate a direct discussion between the President and a key political aide. No further policy-related dialogue occurred during this brief exchange.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Administrative communications","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:26:47.346Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","administrative-communications","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"015-172.mp3","bytes":131656,"durationSec":5.42,"bitrate":194228,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.619Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/015-172.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-172","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/15/conversation-015-172","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}