{"conversationCode":"023-053","tapeNumber":23,"conversationNumber":53,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-023-053","startDateTime":"1972-04-20T19:48:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-20T20:08:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Apr-1972","startTime":"2:48 PM","endDate":"20-Apr-1972","endTime":"3:08 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:48 pm and 3:08 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-053 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. 23-53\n\nDate: April 20, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:48 and 3:08 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 332-18]\n\n     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["023-053.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"023-052","nextCode":"023-054","transcript":[{"start":3.58,"end":4.4,"text":"Carlson, please."},{"start":4.56,"end":5,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone exchange to request that the White House operator connect him with Charles W. Colson. The call serves as a logistical coordination to facilitate direct communication between the President and his special counsel. No further substantive discussion occurs during this interaction.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:36:31.108Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":6,"audioFiles":[{"file":"023-053.mp3","bytes":148583,"durationSec":6.12,"bitrate":194278,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.840Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/023-053.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-053","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/23/conversation-023-053","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}