{"conversationCode":"034-139","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":139,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-139","startDateTime":"1972-12-20T17:29:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-20T17:29:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Dec-1972","startTime":"12:29 PM","endDate":"20-Dec-1972","endTime":"12:29 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:29 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-139 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. 34-139\n\nDate: December 20, 1972\nTime: 12:29 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a meeting with Charles W. Colson\n            -Executive Office Building","filename":["034-139.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"034-138","nextCode":"034-140","transcript":[{"start":0.91,"end":5.24,"text":"Could you see if Mr. Coulson could come to the UOB, please?"},{"start":5.26,"end":5.94,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to contact Charles W. Colson. The primary purpose of the communication is to summon Colson for a meeting at the Executive Office Building. No further substantive policy or political discussions occur during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","Executive Office Building","Scheduling","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:39:19.989Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","executive-office-building","scheduling","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-139.mp3","bytes":298007,"durationSec":12.29,"bitrate":193930,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-139.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-139","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/34/conversation-034-139","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}