{"conversationCode":"028-023","tapeNumber":28,"conversationNumber":23,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-028-023","startDateTime":"1972-08-01T02:31:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-01T02:58:00.000Z","startDate":"31-Jul-1972","startTime":"10:31 PM","endDate":"31-Jul-1972","endTime":"10:58 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On July 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:31 pm and 10:58 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 028-023 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. 28-23\n\nDate: July 31, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:31 pm and 10:58 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 757-21]\n\n     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["028-023.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"028-022","nextCode":"028-024","transcript":[{"start":3.52,"end":5.67,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his special counsel, Charles W. Colson. This brief administrative interaction served as the necessary logistical step to initiate a formal discussion between the two men. No substantive policy matters were addressed during this initial call setup.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Telephone communications","Administration logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:31:30.943Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","telephone-communications","administration-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"028-023.mp3","bytes":175541,"durationSec":7.24,"bitrate":193967,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.232Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/028-023.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/028-023","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/28/conversation-028-023","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}