{"conversationCode":"032-168","tapeNumber":32,"conversationNumber":168,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-032-168","startDateTime":"1972-11-03T14:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-03T14:46:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Nov-1972","startTime":"9:46 AM","endDate":"3-Nov-1972","endTime":"9:46 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:46 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-168 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. 032-168\nDate: November 3, 1972\nTime: 9:46 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n[See Conversation No. 391-30]\n\n        Request for a meeting with Charles W. Colson","filename":["032-168.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"032-167","nextCode":"032-169","transcript":[{"start":2.26,"end":5.1,"text":"May I ask Mr. Colson to step in, please?"},{"start":5.12,"end":5.3,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to facilitate a meeting with special counsel Charles W. Colson. The brief exchange serves as an administrative directive to bring Colson into the Oval Office. No further policy or substantive matters were addressed during this short coordination call.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","administrative coordination","presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:15:30.467Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","administrative-coordination","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"032-168.mp3","bytes":211277,"durationSec":8.73,"bitrate":193536,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.234Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:40.414Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/032-168.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-168","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/32/conversation-032-168","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}