{"conversationCode":"031-033","tapeNumber":31,"conversationNumber":33,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-031-033","startDateTime":"1972-10-12T22:09:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-12T22:10:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Oct-1972","startTime":"6:09 PM","endDate":"12-Oct-1972","endTime":"6:10 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:09 pm and 6:10 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 031-033 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. 31-33\n\nDate: October 12, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 6:09 pm and 6:10 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 366-5]\n\n        Instructions about previous request for Charles W. Colson","filename":["031-033.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"031-032","nextCode":"031-034","transcript":[{"start":1.09,"end":5.53,"text":"Operator, I asked for Mr. Colson to come to my office."},{"start":5.58,"end":6.8,"text":"Don't have him come if he's home."},{"start":7.12,"end":8.11,"text":"Only if he's at the here."},{"start":8.71,"end":9.67,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":9.75,"end":10.07,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to clarify the logistics of a previously requested meeting with Charles W. Colson. He instructed the operator to summon Colson to the Oval Office only if he was currently at the White House. The President explicitly directed that Colson should not be disturbed if he had already departed for home.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","Presidential scheduling","White House operations","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:49:04.415Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","presidential-scheduling","white-house-operations","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"031-033.mp3","bytes":354219,"durationSec":14.71,"bitrate":192684,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.233Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:40.099Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/031-033.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/031-033","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/31/conversation-031-033","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}