{"conversationCode":"032-087","tapeNumber":32,"conversationNumber":87,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-032-087","startDateTime":"1972-10-29T15:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-29T15:55:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Oct-1972","startTime":"10:20 AM","endDate":"29-Oct-1972","endTime":"10:55 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Colson, Charles W.; White House operator;","description":"On October 29, 1972, Charles W. Colson and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:20 am and 10:55 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-087 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. 032-087\n\nDate: October 29, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:20 am and 10:55 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with Charles W. Colson.\n\n        John W. Dean, III\n            -Location\n            -Arrival at office\n            -Colson's return call","filename":["032-087.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Colson, Charles W.","White House operator"],"prevCode":"032-086","nextCode":"032-088","transcript":[{"start":0.6,"end":5.36,"text":"Mr. Colson, Mr. Dean's en route to the office should be another 10 minutes before getting here."},{"start":6.14,"end":9.23,"text":"Should I try him and call you back, or are you going to call?"},{"start":10.32,"end":11.6,"text":"No, I'll call in about 10 minutes."},{"start":11.64,"end":12.88,"text":"Yes, thank you."},{"start":12.9,"end":13.04,"text":"Thanks."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Charles W. Colson coordinates with the White House operator to facilitate a follow-up conversation with John W. Dean, III. The brief exchange serves as a logistical arrangement to reach Dean upon his imminent arrival at the office. Colson ultimately decides to initiate the call himself once Dean is settled in ten minutes.","topics":["John W. Dean","Charles W. Colson","Logistics","Communication Coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:08:02.191Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-w-dean","charles-w-colson","logistics","communication-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"032-087.mp3","bytes":425690,"durationSec":17.67,"bitrate":192765,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.234Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:40.408Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/032-087.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-087","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/32/conversation-032-087","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}