{"conversationCode":"035-068","tapeNumber":35,"conversationNumber":68,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-035-068","startDateTime":"1973-01-02T21:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-03T02:44:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Jan-1973","startTime":"4:51 PM","endDate":"2-Jan-1973","endTime":"9:44 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","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 an unknown time between 4:51 pm and 9:44 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-068 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. 35-68\n\nDate: January 2, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 4:51 pm and 9:44 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["035-068.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"035-067","nextCode":"035-069","transcript":[{"start":3.29,"end":3.63,"text":"Please."},{"start":3.65,"end":4.24,"text":"Colson, please."},{"start":4.34,"end":6.82,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to initiate a telephone call to Charles W. Colson. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical step to facilitate direct communication between the President and his special counsel. No further substantive discussion occurred during this recording segment.","topics":["White House communications","Charles W. Colson","logistics","presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:46:53.963Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-communications","charles-w-colson","logistics","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"035-068.mp3","bytes":216908,"durationSec":8.89,"bitrate":195119,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/035-068.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-068","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/35/conversation-035-068","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}