{"conversationCode":"040-085","tapeNumber":40,"conversationNumber":85,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-040-085","startDateTime":"1973-06-14T00:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-14T01:41:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Jun-1973","startTime":"8:50 PM","endDate":"13-Jun-1973","endTime":"9:41 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On June 13, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:50 pm and 9:41 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-085 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. 40-85\n\nDate: June 13, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 8:50 pm and 9:41 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Charles W. Colson","filename":["040-085.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"040-084","nextCode":"040-086","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":4.14,"text":"Mr. Carlson, please."},{"start":4.16,"end":5.49,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to place a telephone call to Charles W. Colson. The brief exchange serves as a procedural step to facilitate direct communication between the President and his former special counsel. No further substantive policy matters or decisions were discussed during this brief connection.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House communications","Telephone protocol","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:04:03.008Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-communications","telephone-protocols","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"040-085.mp3","bytes":370688,"durationSec":11.45,"bitrate":258920,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.407Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/040-085.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-085","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/040/conversation-040-085","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}