{"conversationCode":"032-088","tapeNumber":32,"conversationNumber":88,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-032-088","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 032-088 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. 032-088\n\nDate: October 29, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:20 am and 10:55 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nCharles W. Colson talked with the White House operator.\n\n        Call to John W. Dean, III\n\n        Colson's return call\n            -Dean's location","filename":["032-088.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Colson, Charles W.","White House operator"],"prevCode":"032-087","nextCode":"032-089","transcript":[{"start":3.86,"end":4.84,"text":"Mr. Coulson."},{"start":4.86,"end":5.32,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":27.53,"end":29.45,"text":"Never mind, I'll try it myself."},{"start":29.53,"end":30.51,"text":"Yes, you did, ma'am."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Charles W. Colson contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with White House Counsel John W. Dean, III. The brief exchange focused exclusively on coordinating this communication and determining Dean's current location. Ultimately, Colson opted to handle the call himself after unsuccessfully attempting to have the operator connect him.","topics":["John W. Dean III","Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Telephone communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:08:07.470Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-w-dean-iii","charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","telephone-communications"],"audioDurationSec":34,"audioFiles":[{"file":"032-088.mp3","bytes":817527,"durationSec":34,"bitrate":192359,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:40.408Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/032-088.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-088","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/32/conversation-032-088","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}