{"conversationCode":"015-185","tapeNumber":15,"conversationNumber":185,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-015-185","startDateTime":"1971-12-02T01:13:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-02T01:15:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Dec-1971","startTime":"8:13 PM","endDate":"1-Dec-1971","endTime":"8:15 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 1, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:13 pm and 8:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-185 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. 15-185\n\nDate: December 1, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:13 pm and 8:15 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\fThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n     H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n          -Location\n          -Callback\n\n     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["015-185.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:03:35","tapeEnd":"05:03:46","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"015-184","nextCode":"015-186","transcript":[{"start":0.35,"end":2.74,"text":"Yeah?"},{"start":2.76,"end":7.33,"text":"Uh, Mr. Haldeman hasn't arrived at his residence just yet, Mr. ..."},{"start":7.35,"end":7.78,"text":"I haven't called you?"},{"start":7.8,"end":8.44,"text":"Didn't call me when you arrived."},{"start":8.46,"end":9,"text":"I'll talk to Mr. Colson."},{"start":9.02,"end":9.18,"text":"Alright."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephonic administrative exchange with the White House operator to verify the availability of key staff members. After confirming that H.R. Haldeman has not yet returned to his residence, the President redirects the request to speak with Charles W. Colson. This communication serves as a logistical coordination effort to facilitate a high-priority contact.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Communication logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:27:57.604Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","communication-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"015-185.mp3","bytes":277732,"durationSec":11.51,"bitrate":192985,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.619Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/015-185.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-185","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/15/conversation-015-185","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}