{"conversationCode":"019-003","tapeNumber":19,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-019-003","startDateTime":"1972-01-18T23:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-19T00:35:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Jan-1972","startTime":"6:55 PM","endDate":"18-Jan-1972","endTime":"7:35 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Colson, Charles W.;","description":"On January 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:55 pm and 7:35 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-003 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 19-3\n\nDate: January 18, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 6:55 pm and 7:35 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator and requested a call to Charles W. Colson\n\n     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["019-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Colson, Charles W."],"prevCode":"019-002","nextCode":"019-004","transcript":[{"start":1.11,"end":2.09,"text":"Mr. Carlson, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiated a telephone call to his special counsel, Charles W. Colson, through the White House operator. Although the recording captures the request for the connection, the subsequent substance of the conversation remains unavailable due to a lack of transcript documentation. Consequently, no specific policy decisions or action items can be determined from this brief exchange.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House communications","Presidential scheduling","Nixon administration"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:35:14.916Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling","nixon-administration"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"019-003.mp3","bytes":305318,"durationSec":12.64,"bitrate":193172,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.938Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/019-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/19/conversation-019-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}