{"conversationCode":"033-046","tapeNumber":33,"conversationNumber":46,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-033-046","startDateTime":"1972-11-08T01:04:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-08T01:06:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Nov-1972","startTime":"8:04 PM","endDate":"7-Nov-1972","endTime":"8:06 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On November 7, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:04 pm and 8:06 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 033-046 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.1","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part I","chronReleaseDate":"11-Jul-2007","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 33-46\n\nDate: November 7, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 8:04 pm and 8:06 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n       H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n             -Location\n\n       Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["033-046.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"033-045","nextCode":"033-047","transcript":[{"start":1.18,"end":1.8,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":1.82,"end":2.93,"text":"Mr. Haldeman's out of the office."},{"start":2.95,"end":4.66,"text":"He'll get word to him and call right back, sir."},{"start":6.34,"end":8.01,"text":"Okay, you get Mr. Coulson then."},{"start":8.03,"end":9.5,"text":"All right, thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directed the White House operator to facilitate communication with his staff during the evening of the 1972 election. After being informed that Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman was unavailable, the President explicitly requested that the operator connect him with special counsel Charles W. Colson. This brief exchange highlights the President’s urgent efforts to coordinate with key advisors during the late stages of election night.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","Charles W. Colson","1972 election","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:20:02.767Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","charles-w-colson","1972-election","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"033-046.mp3","bytes":257287,"durationSec":10.59,"bitrate":194393,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/033-046.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/033-046","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/33/conversation-033-046","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}