{"conversationCode":"036-041","tapeNumber":36,"conversationNumber":41,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-036-041","startDateTime":"1973-01-22T20:39:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-22T20:39:00.000Z","startDate":"22-Jan-1973","startTime":"3:39 PM","endDate":"22-Jan-1973","endTime":"3:39 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 22, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:39 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-041 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.3","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part III","chronReleaseDate":"23-Jun-2009","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 36-41\n\nDate: January 22, 1973\nTime: 3:39 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 400-8]\n\f                                              -31-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                           Conversation No. 36-40 (cont’d)\n\n       Request for Charles W. Colson\n            -Executive Office Building [EOB]","filename":["036-041.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"036-040","nextCode":"036-042","transcript":[{"start":3.34,"end":5.17,"text":"Would you ask Mr. Coulson to step in, please?"},{"start":5.86,"end":6.55,"text":"Yes, Mr. Coulson."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief request for the White House operator to summon Charles W. Colson to his office. The call serves as an administrative bridge to facilitate an immediate in-person meeting between the President and his special counsel. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief exchange.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:58:53.256Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"036-041.mp3","bytes":350665,"durationSec":14.48,"bitrate":193737,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.788Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:41.770Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/036-041.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-041","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/36/conversation-036-041","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}