{"conversationCode":"030-020","tapeNumber":30,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-030-020","startDateTime":"1972-09-21T23:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-09-22T00:04:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Sep-1972","startTime":"7:51 PM","endDate":"21-Sep-1972","endTime":"8:04 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On September 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:51 pm and 8:04 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 030-020 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. 30-20\n\nDate: September 21, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 7:51 pm and 8:04 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["030-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"030-019","nextCode":"030-021","transcript":[{"start":5.09,"end":6.11,"text":"Carlson, please."},{"start":6.35,"end":6.6,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to connect him with special counsel Charles W. Colson. This brief interaction serves as a routine administrative step to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and a key advisor. The call serves no broader policy purpose beyond establishing this specific line of communication.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Presidential communication","Administrative request"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:43:07.692Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","administrative-request"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"030-020.mp3","bytes":287764,"durationSec":11.92,"bitrate":193130,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.084Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:39.807Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/030-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/030-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/30/conversation-030-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}