{"conversationCode":"024-061","tapeNumber":24,"conversationNumber":61,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-024-061","startDateTime":"1972-05-10T14:19:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-10T14:21:00.000Z","startDate":"10-May-1972","startTime":"10:19 AM","endDate":"10-May-1972","endTime":"10:21 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On May 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:19 am and 10:21 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-061 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. 24-61\n\nDate: May 10, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:19 am and 10:21 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator; the President conferred with an unknown\nperson before the conversation began.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 337-9D]\n\n     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["024-061.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:16:09","tapeEnd":"01:16:16","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"024-060","nextCode":"024-062","transcript":[{"start":0.71,"end":2.17,"text":"Just a minute."},{"start":2.19,"end":2.51,"text":"Just a minute."},{"start":3.16,"end":4.44,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":4.46,"end":5.79,"text":"Would you give me Mr. Coulson, please?"},{"start":5.95,"end":6.73,"text":"Yes, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his aide, Charles W. Colson. The brief exchange served as an administrative request to initiate a direct line of communication between the two men. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this transition, as the dialogue focused solely on reaching Colson.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House communications","administrative procedure","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:52:39.921Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-communications","administrative-procedure","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"024-061.mp3","bytes":193723,"durationSec":8.01,"bitrate":193405,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.840Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/024-061.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-061","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/24/conversation-024-061","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}