{"conversationCode":"023-080","tapeNumber":23,"conversationNumber":80,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-023-080","startDateTime":"1972-04-26T18:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-26T18:45:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Apr-1972","startTime":"1:10 PM","endDate":"26-Apr-1972","endTime":"1:45 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:10 pm and 1:45 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-080 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. 23-80\n\nDate: April 26, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:10 and 1:45 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 333-15]\n\n     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["023-080.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"023-079","nextCode":"023-081","transcript":[{"start":8.57,"end":9.66,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."},{"start":9.68,"end":9.82,"text":"Aye."},{"start":9.88,"end":10.91,"text":"Mr. Coulson, please."},{"start":11.07,"end":12.02,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone exchange with the White House operator to request a connection with Charles W. Colson. The call serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate direct communication with his aide. No further policy or substantive matters are addressed during this brief request.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:38:59.519Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"023-080.mp3","bytes":331022,"durationSec":13.73,"bitrate":192877,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.522Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/023-080.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-080","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/23/conversation-023-080","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}