{"conversationCode":"027-004","tapeNumber":27,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-027-004","startDateTime":"1972-07-19T16:37:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-19T18:00:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Jul-1972","startTime":"12:37 PM","endDate":"19-Jul-1972","endTime":"2:00 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On July 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:37 pm and 2:00 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 027-004 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 27-4\n\nDate: July 19, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:37 pm and 2:00 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 348-4]\n\n     The President's request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["027-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"027-003","nextCode":"027-005","transcript":[{"start":3.76,"end":11.54,"text":"I'll text you when I get there."},{"start":11.56,"end":11.77,"text":"Oh, I see."},{"start":11.79,"end":12.17,"text":"I'll write you too."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Charles W. Colson. This brief administrative interaction served as an intermediary step to coordinate communication between the President and his special counsel. The primary action item resulting from the exchange was the successful placement of the call to Colson.","topics":["White House operator","Charles W. Colson","Telephone communications","Administrative coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:20:34.540Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","charles-w-colson","telephone-communications","administrative-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"027-004.mp3","bytes":450768,"durationSec":18.71,"bitrate":192773,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.841Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/027-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/027-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/27/conversation-027-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}