{"conversationCode":"020-116","tapeNumber":20,"conversationNumber":116,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-020-116","startDateTime":"1972-02-28T19:42:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-28T19:48:00.000Z","startDate":"28-Feb-1972","startTime":"2:42 PM","endDate":"28-Feb-1972","endTime":"2:48 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:42 pm and 2:48 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-116 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. 20-116\n\nDate: February 29, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:42 pm and 2:48 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 322-4]\n\n     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["020-116.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:44:46","tapeEnd":"03:44:54","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"020-115","nextCode":"020-117","transcript":[{"start":2.85,"end":3.73,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.75,"end":5.12,"text":"You'll ring Carlson, please?"},{"start":5.14,"end":7.05,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone exchange with the White House operator to request a connection to Charles W. Colson. The call serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate direct communication with his aide. No further substantive policy matters are addressed during this brief administrative request.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:02:16.216Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"020-116.mp3","bytes":183692,"durationSec":7.6,"bitrate":193462,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:25.226Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/020-116.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-116","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/20/conversation-020-116","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}