{"conversationCode":"034-146","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":146,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-146","startDateTime":"1972-11-30T00:57:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-11-30T00:57:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Nov-1972","startTime":"7:57 PM","endDate":"29-Nov-1972","endTime":"7:57 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On November 29, 1972, the White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 7:57 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-146 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. 34-146\n\nDate: November 29, 1972\nTime: 7:57 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n       Requested call to Charles W. Colson\n            -Colson’s location\n            -Call-back instruction","filename":["034-146.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["White House operator","Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"034-145","nextCode":"034-147","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":1.72,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.74,"end":4.43,"text":"Mr. President, Mr. Colson is in route home."},{"start":4.57,"end":6.32,"text":"Should be there in about 10 minutes."},{"start":6.34,"end":7.34,"text":"Could I have him call you back?"},{"start":7.36,"end":7.68,"text":"Sure."},{"start":8.05,"end":9.55,"text":"All right, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon requested a telephone connection with special counsel Charles W. Colson to discuss administrative or political matters. Upon learning that Colson was currently commuting, the President authorized the operator to instruct Colson to return the call once he reached home. This brief exchange served solely as a logistical arrangement to facilitate a future private conversation between the two men.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House communications","presidential scheduling","logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:39:57.929Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-communications","presidential-scheduling","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-146.mp3","bytes":380761,"durationSec":15.73,"bitrate":193607,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-146.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-146","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/34/conversation-034-146","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}