{"conversationCode":"022-083","tapeNumber":22,"conversationNumber":83,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-022-083","startDateTime":"1972-04-05T14:59:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-05T14:59:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Apr-1972","startTime":"9:59 AM","endDate":"5-Apr-1972","endTime":"9:59 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:59 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-083 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. 22-83\n\nDate: April 5, 1972\nTime: 9:59 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 330-10]\n\n     Request for call to Charles W.Colson","filename":["022-083.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:16:34","tapeEnd":"03:16:39","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"022-082","nextCode":"022-084","transcript":[{"start":0.93,"end":3.35,"text":"Colson, please."},{"start":3.37,"end":4.1,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone request for the White House operator to connect him with Charles W. Colson. This communication serves as a logistical step to facilitate a subsequent conversation between the President and his special counsel. No further substantive policy matters or decisions were addressed during this short exchange.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:24:38.005Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"022-083.mp3","bytes":120371,"durationSec":4.96,"bitrate":194161,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.522Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/022-083.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-083","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/22/conversation-022-083","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}