{"conversationCode":"032-116","tapeNumber":32,"conversationNumber":116,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-032-116","startDateTime":"1972-11-01T15:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-01T16:15:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Nov-1972","startTime":"10:46 AM","endDate":"1-Nov-1972","endTime":"11:15 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Colson, Charles W.; White House operator;","description":"On November 1, 1972, Charles W. Colson and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:46 am and 11:15 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-116 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. 032-116\n\nDate: November 1, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 10:46 am and 11:15 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nCharles W. Colson talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 379-15B]\n\n        Call to John F. Collins\n             -Convenience\n\n        Request for a call to Joseph L. Tauro\n\n        Call to Collins\n\n        Call to Tauro\n             -Location\n                 -Boston\n                      -US Attorney’s office","filename":["032-116.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Colson, Charles W.","White House operator"],"prevCode":"032-115","nextCode":"032-117","transcript":[{"start":4.05,"end":9.69,"text":"Mr. Coulson, you're having trouble getting former Mayor John Collins."},{"start":9.77,"end":10.57,"text":"Hold on just a second."},{"start":15.16,"end":17.44,"text":"Mr. Coulson, I'm waiting for him to come to the telephone."},{"start":17.46,"end":17.64,"text":"Are you?"},{"start":17.84,"end":21.12,"text":"Yes, it's taking a few minutes, but she asked me if I'd wait, and I am waiting."},{"start":21.32,"end":23.08,"text":"Yeah, be sure it's convenient, because he's a cripple."},{"start":23.3,"end":24.2,"text":"Yeah, I know that."},{"start":24.25,"end":25.67,"text":"It may be difficult getting him to a phone."},{"start":25.69,"end":26.15,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":26.17,"end":28.77,"text":"If you don't get him, I'll tell you what you do."},{"start":28.79,"end":31.47,"text":"Get me Joseph Turo, T-A-U-R-O."},{"start":32.35,"end":34.81,"text":"And as a matter of fact, get Joe, get to Toro."},{"start":35.35,"end":37.08,"text":"Well, I've already gone for Collins now."},{"start":37.28,"end":37.48,"text":"All right."},{"start":37.52,"end":41.77,"text":"As soon as you can get, either get him or not, and then get me Mr. Toro."},{"start":41.97,"end":42.27,"text":"Okay."},{"start":42.29,"end":43.13,"text":"And is he up there, too?"},{"start":43.71,"end":45.42,"text":"He'd be in Boston in the U.S. Attorney's Office."},{"start":45.6,"end":45.88,"text":"Okay."},{"start":45.9,"end":46.58,"text":"He's the U.S. Attorney."},{"start":46.68,"end":46.98,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":47,"end":47.26,"text":"All right."},{"start":47.3,"end":47.94,"text":"Very good."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Charles W. Colson coordinated with a White House operator to place telephone calls to former Boston Mayor John F. Collins and U.S. Attorney Joseph L. Tauro. Colson expressed concern regarding Collins's mobility and ability to reach the phone, instructing the operator to contact Tauro at his Boston office if Collins could not be reached. The exchange served as a logistical arrangement to facilitate direct communication with these two figures.","topics":["John F. Collins","Joseph L. Tauro","Boston","U.S. Attorney","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:10:48.658Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-f-collins","joseph-l-tauro","boston","u-s-attorney","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":52,"audioFiles":[{"file":"032-116.mp3","bytes":1253876,"durationSec":52.19,"bitrate":192213,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/032-116.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-116","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/32/conversation-032-116","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}