{"conversationCode":"028-047","tapeNumber":28,"conversationNumber":47,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-028-047","startDateTime":"1972-08-03T12:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-03T12:10:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Aug-1972","startTime":"8:10 AM","endDate":"3-Aug-1972","endTime":"8:10 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On August 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:10 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 028-047 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. 28-47\n\nDate: August 3, 1972\nTime: 8:10 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 760-2]\n\n     Request for a call to John O. Marsh, Jr.\n\n           -Charles W. Colson's office\n                -Telephone number","filename":["028-047.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"028-046","nextCode":"028-048","transcript":[{"start":9.45,"end":12.14,"text":"He's a former Democratic congressman from Virginia."},{"start":12.18,"end":18.34,"text":"You will probably call Colson's office to get the number, but you may have it."},{"start":18.64,"end":19.63,"text":"All right, Mr. President, surely."},{"start":19.69,"end":20.99,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directed the White House operator to place a telephone call to John O. Marsh, Jr., a former Democratic congressman from Virginia. The President instructed the operator to obtain the necessary contact information from Charles W. Colson’s office if it was not already on file. This brief administrative exchange facilitated communication with a political figure outside of the immediate White House staff.","topics":["John O. Marsh, Jr.","Charles W. Colson","Telephone communications","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:33:43.043Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-o-marsh-jr","charles-w-colson","telephone-communications","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"028-047.mp3","bytes":335235,"durationSec":20.95,"bitrate":128012,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.084Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:39.453Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/028-047.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/028-047","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/28/conversation-028-047","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}