{"conversationCode":"039-042","tapeNumber":39,"conversationNumber":42,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-039-042","startDateTime":"1973-06-03T22:47:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-03T22:48:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Jun-1973","startTime":"6:47 PM","endDate":"3-Jun-1973","endTime":"6:48 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:47 pm and 6:48 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-042 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 39-42\n\nDate: June 3, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 6:47 pm and 6:48 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for telephone call to Charles W. Colson\n\f                                               -37-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["039-042.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"039-041","nextCode":"039-043","transcript":[{"start":0.86,"end":2.97,"text":"Yes, please?"},{"start":2.99,"end":3.96,"text":"Kramitz-Colson, please."},{"start":3.98,"end":6.4,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone request through the White House operator to be connected with Charles W. Colson. The call serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate direct communication with his former special counsel. No substantive policy matters or further developments are discussed during this brief exchange.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Presidential communication","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:46:24.330Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"039-042.mp3","bytes":362496,"durationSec":11.21,"bitrate":258617,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.071Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:42.804Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/039-042.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-042","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/39/conversation-039-042","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}