{"conversationCode":"040-002","tapeNumber":40,"conversationNumber":2,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-040-002","startDateTime":"1973-06-11T02:39:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-11T02:39:00.000Z","startDate":"10-Jun-1973","startTime":"10:39 PM","endDate":"10-Jun-1973","endTime":"10:39 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 10, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:39 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-002 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. 40-2\n\nDate: June 10, 1973\nTime: 10:39 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Charles W. Colson\n          -Location\n                -Virginia\n                       -Travel to residence\n          -Return call","filename":["040-002.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"040-001","nextCode":"040-003","transcript":[{"start":0.77,"end":3.82,"text":"Mr. President, Mr. Coulson should be home in about a half hour."},{"start":3.86,"end":5.31,"text":"Could I have him call or try it then?"},{"start":5.35,"end":7.53,"text":"Let's see."},{"start":7.55,"end":9.98,"text":"He was in Virginia and he's on his way back to his residence."},{"start":12.41,"end":13.97,"text":"Yeah, he could call in a half hour, thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a follow-up conversation with Charles W. Colson. Upon learning that Colson was currently traveling from Virginia to his residence, Nixon requested that the operator arrange for a return call in approximately thirty minutes. The brief exchange served as a coordination effort to ensure communication with the former aide.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","Communication logistics","White House operations","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:56:12.748Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","communication-logistics","white-house-operations","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"040-002.mp3","bytes":690176,"durationSec":21.44,"bitrate":257528,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.071Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/040-002.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-002","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/40/conversation-040-002","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}