{"conversationCode":"035-039","tapeNumber":35,"conversationNumber":39,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-035-039","startDateTime":"1972-12-31T23:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-01T00:34:00.000Z","startDate":"31-Dec-1972","startTime":"6:51 PM","endDate":"31-Dec-1972","endTime":"7:34 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On December 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:51 pm and 7:34 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-039 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. 35-39\n\nDate: December 31, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 6:51 pm and 7:34 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call to Charles W. Colson\n\f                                               -41-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["035-039.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"035-038","nextCode":"035-040","transcript":[{"start":8.06,"end":12.3,"text":"Colson, please."},{"start":12.83,"end":13.03,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to initiate a telephone call to Charles W. Colson. This brief communication served solely as a request to connect with his special counsel. No further substantive policy discussions occurred during this brief interaction.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","communication","presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:44:14.438Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","communication","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":18,"audioFiles":[{"file":"035-039.mp3","bytes":434455,"durationSec":17.96,"bitrate":193521,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.542Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:41.447Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/035-039.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-039","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/35/conversation-035-039","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}