{"conversationCode":"039-090","tapeNumber":39,"conversationNumber":90,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-039-090","startDateTime":"1973-06-05T17:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-05T17:22:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Jun-1973","startTime":"1:16 PM","endDate":"5-Jun-1973","endTime":"1:22 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 5, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:16 pm and 1:22 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-090 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. 39-90\n\nDate: June 5, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:16 pm and 1:22 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 441-12]\n\n       Request for telephone call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["039-090.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"039-089","nextCode":"039-091","transcript":[{"start":0.47,"end":6.15,"text":"Talk to Mr. Colson, but not if he's at lunch publicly."},{"start":6.49,"end":7.82,"text":"Just have him call me back, okay?"},{"start":8.1,"end":9.06,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call with Charles W. Colson. The President specified that he did not wish to speak with Colson if he was in a public setting such as a restaurant lunch. The conversation concluded with the operator confirming the directive to have Colson return the President's call.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","Telephone communications","White House operations","Scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:50:57.025Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","telephone-communications","white-house-operations","scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"039-090.mp3","bytes":391168,"durationSec":12.09,"bitrate":258766,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.071Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/039-090.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-090","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/39/conversation-039-090","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}