{"conversationCode":"015-201","tapeNumber":15,"conversationNumber":201,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-015-201","startDateTime":"1971-12-02T18:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-02T19:07:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Dec-1971","startTime":"1:50 PM","endDate":"2-Dec-1971","endTime":"2:07 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 2, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 2:07 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-201 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. 15-201\n\nDate: December 2, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 1:50 pm and 2:07 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 628-9]\n\n     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["015-201.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:56:09","tapeEnd":"05:56:17","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"015-200","nextCode":"015-202","transcript":[{"start":1.58,"end":4.88,"text":"Mr. President."},{"start":4.9,"end":5.61,"text":"Colson, please."},{"start":5.67,"end":8,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request a telephone connection with Special Counsel Charles W. Colson. This brief administrative interaction served as the necessary logistical step to facilitate a private discussion between the President and his advisor. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief request for assistance.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","telecommunications","presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:29:26.184Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","telecommunications","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"015-201.mp3","bytes":198738,"durationSec":8.21,"bitrate":193648,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.619Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/015-201.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-201","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/015/conversation-015-201","catalogNaId":417191247,"catalogUrl":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417191247","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}