{"conversationCode":"022-030","tapeNumber":22,"conversationNumber":30,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-022-030","startDateTime":"1972-03-27T17:59:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-27T17:59:00.000Z","startDate":"27-Mar-1972","startTime":"12:59 PM","endDate":"27-Mar-1972","endTime":"12:59 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 27, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:59 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-030 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. 22-30\n\nDate: March 27, 1972\nTime: 12:59 pm\n\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 328-5]\n\n     Request for call to Charles W. Colson\n         -Colson’s location","filename":["022-030.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:06:58","tapeEnd":"01:07:11","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"022-029","nextCode":"022-031","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.92,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.06,"end":5.83,"text":"Operator, would you check to see if Mr. Coulson is in his office?"},{"start":5.93,"end":9.07,"text":"I'd like to talk to him if he's there, but I don't want to talk to him if he's on the Hill."},{"start":9.36,"end":10.26,"text":"Fine, Mr. President."},{"start":10.28,"end":10.5,"text":"All right."},{"start":10.58,"end":11.14,"text":"Now call me back."},{"start":11.3,"end":12.4,"text":"I surely will."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to request a telephone connection with Charles W. Colson. The President specifically instructed the operator to verify Colson’s availability, stipulating that he did not wish to interrupt him if he were currently on Capitol Hill. The exchange concluded with the operator tasked to call the President back once Colson's whereabouts were confirmed.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","Presidential communications","White House operations","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:19:50.251Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","presidential-communications","white-house-operations","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"022-030.mp3","bytes":314722,"durationSec":13.04,"bitrate":193077,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.521Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/022-030.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-030","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/22/conversation-022-030","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}