{"conversationCode":"037-087","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":87,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-087","startDateTime":"1973-03-11T19:27:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-11T19:27:00.000Z","startDate":"11-Mar-1973","startTime":"2:27 PM","endDate":"11-Mar-1973","endTime":"2:27 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:27 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-087 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 37-87\n\nDate: March 11, 1973\nTime: 2:27 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\f                                             - 60 -\n\n                             NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY\n\n       Colson\n                -Residence\n                -Office\n                -No answer","filename":["037-087.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"037-086","nextCode":"037-088","transcript":[{"start":1.52,"end":2.18,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":2.2,"end":5.79,"text":"Mr. President, Mr. Colson's residence and office doesn't answer."},{"start":5.81,"end":8.12,"text":"He was in his office quite a little bit earlier."},{"start":8.88,"end":9.4,"text":"That's all right."},{"start":9.42,"end":9.84,"text":"Let it go."},{"start":10.24,"end":10.83,"text":"I'll call him later."},{"start":10.85,"end":11.61,"text":"All right, son."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon attempted to reach Charles Colson by telephone to discuss unspecified business, but the White House operator was unable to locate him at either his residence or office. After being informed of the unsuccessful attempts, the President decided to postpone the communication. No substantive policy matters were addressed during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["Charles Colson","White House operations","Presidential communications","telephone logs"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:16:30.126Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","telephone-logs"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-087.mp3","bytes":122880,"durationSec":18.71,"bitrate":52550,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.788Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:42.120Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/037-087.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-087","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/037/conversation-037-087","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}