{"conversationCode":"035-079","tapeNumber":35,"conversationNumber":79,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-035-079","startDateTime":"1973-01-04T13:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-04T13:46:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Jan-1973","startTime":"8:35 AM","endDate":"4-Jan-1973","endTime":"8:46 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 4, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:35 am and 8:46 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-079 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. 35-79\n\nDate: January 4, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:35 am and 8:46 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 833-3]\n\n       Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["035-079.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"035-078","nextCode":"035-080","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":2.72,"text":"Please."},{"start":2.82,"end":3.92,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Charles W. Colson. This brief administrative interaction served as a directive to initiate a conversation with his special counsel. The exchange focused exclusively on the logistical request to reach Colson.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:47:58.966Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"035-079.mp3","bytes":252020,"durationSec":10.35,"bitrate":194860,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/035-079.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-079","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/35/conversation-035-079","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}