{"conversationCode":"020-039","tapeNumber":20,"conversationNumber":39,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-020-039","startDateTime":"1972-02-03T01:09:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-03T01:09:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Feb-1972","startTime":"8:09 PM","endDate":"2-Feb-1972","endTime":"8:09 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:09 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-039 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. 20-39\n\nDate: February 2, 1972\nTime: 8:09 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n     Status of call to Charles W. Colson\n          -Colson’s schedule","filename":["020-039.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:21:05","tapeEnd":"01:21:17","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"020-038","nextCode":"020-040","transcript":[{"start":0.72,"end":5.8,"text":"Oh?"},{"start":5.86,"end":6.7,"text":"No, no, no, no."},{"start":6.72,"end":7.35,"text":"No problem."},{"start":7.37,"end":8.38,"text":"Just leave it right there."},{"start":8.94,"end":11.15,"text":"Call him tomorrow."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to determine the current status and availability of Charles W. Colson. The President decided against immediate contact and directed the operator to postpone the attempt to reach Colson until the following day. No substantive policy matters were addressed during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Communication protocols","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T01:55:14.942Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","communication-protocols","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"020-039.mp3","bytes":268328,"durationSec":11.11,"bitrate":193267,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:25.225Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/020-039.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-039","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/20/conversation-020-039","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}