{"conversationCode":"034-108","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":108,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-108","startDateTime":"1972-12-17T05:02:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-17T14:52:00.000Z","startDate":"17-Dec-1972","startTime":"12:02 AM","endDate":"17-Dec-1972","endTime":"9:52 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:02 am and 9:52 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-108 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 34-108\n\nDate: December 17, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 12:02 am and 9:52 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["034-108.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"034-107","nextCode":"034-109","transcript":[{"start":0.34,"end":1.36,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":2.18,"end":6.82,"text":"Would you try Mr. Colson, please?"},{"start":6.94,"end":8.52,"text":"Yes, surely."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Special Counsel Charles W. Colson. This brief communication served as a formal request to initiate a direct line to Colson. No further substantive discussion or decision-making was recorded during this brief exchange.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:36:25.956Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-108.mp3","bytes":402749,"durationSec":16.65,"bitrate":193474,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-108.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-108","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/34/conversation-034-108","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}