{"conversationCode":"032-126","tapeNumber":32,"conversationNumber":126,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-032-126","startDateTime":"1972-11-02T00:38:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-02T00:42:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Nov-1972","startTime":"7:38 PM","endDate":"1-Nov-1972","endTime":"7:42 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:38 pm and 7:42 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-126 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. 032-126\n\nDate: November 1, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 7:38 pm and 7:42 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n        Call to Thomas A. Pappas\n             -Return call\n\n        Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["032-126.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"032-125","nextCode":"032-127","transcript":[{"start":1.2,"end":1.58,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.62,"end":2.92,"text":"Mr. Pappas doesn't answer."},{"start":2.98,"end":5.59,"text":"May I keep trying later for you and have him call?"},{"start":7.63,"end":8.8,"text":"Yes, you can have him call."},{"start":8.84,"end":9.94,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":9.96,"end":11.8,"text":"And try it in about a half hour."},{"start":11.88,"end":13.27,"text":"Try Mr. Colson now, please."},{"start":13.47,"end":13.99,"text":"All right, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to manage outgoing communications with political associates Thomas A. Pappas and Charles W. Colson. After the operator reported that Pappas was unavailable, Nixon requested a follow-up attempt for that call in thirty minutes. He then directed the operator to immediately connect him with Colson instead.","topics":["Communication management","Thomas A. Pappas","Charles W. Colson","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:11:42.356Z"},"topicSlugs":["communication-management","thomas-a-pappas","charles-w-colson","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":20,"audioFiles":[{"file":"032-126.mp3","bytes":476472,"durationSec":19.8,"bitrate":192513,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.234Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:40.411Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/032-126.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-126","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/32/conversation-032-126","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}