{"conversationCode":"028-056","tapeNumber":28,"conversationNumber":56,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-028-056","startDateTime":"1972-08-03T16:11:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-03T16:12:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Aug-1972","startTime":"12:11 PM","endDate":"3-Aug-1972","endTime":"12:12 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 12:11 pm and 12:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 028-056 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. 28-56\n\nDate: August 3, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:11 pm and 12:12 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 353-6]\n\n     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["028-056.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"028-055","nextCode":"028-057","transcript":[{"start":9.67,"end":9.93,"text":"you"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call to aide Charles W. Colson. This brief administrative interaction served as the necessary bridge to initiate a direct conversation with a key member of the President's staff. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief connection process.","topics":["White House operator","Charles W. Colson","Administrative task","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:34:31.686Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","charles-w-colson","administrative-task","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"028-056.mp3","bytes":158020,"durationSec":9.87,"bitrate":128025,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.084Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/028-056.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/028-056","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/28/conversation-028-056","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}