{"conversationCode":"035-057","tapeNumber":35,"conversationNumber":57,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-035-057","startDateTime":"1973-01-02T19:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-02T19:43:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Jan-1973","startTime":"2:43 PM","endDate":"2-Jan-1973","endTime":"2:43 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 2, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:43 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-057 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. 35-57\n\nDate: January 2, 1973\nTime: 2:43 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 [EOB]\n\n       Request for a telephone call to William E. Timmons","filename":["035-057.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"035-056","nextCode":"035-058","transcript":[{"start":0.71,"end":2.98,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3,"end":7.31,"text":"Would you ask Mr. Colson to come to the OB office and get me Mr. Timmons on the phone, please?"},{"start":7.33,"end":7.51,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to facilitate two administrative actions during his workday. He requested that Special Counsel Charles W. Colson report to his office in the Executive Office Building for a meeting. Additionally, he directed the operator to connect him via telephone with William E. Timmons, the assistant to the president for legislative affairs.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","William E. Timmons","White House operations","Administrative scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:45:53.638Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","william-e-timmons","white-house-operations","administrative-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"035-057.mp3","bytes":366702,"durationSec":15.15,"bitrate":193680,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.542Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/035-057.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-057","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/35/conversation-035-057","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}