{"conversationCode":"043-017","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":17,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-017","startDateTime":"1973-02-03T17:09:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-03T17:15:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Feb-1973","startTime":"12:09 PM","endDate":"3-Feb-1973","endTime":"12:15 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:09 pm and 12:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-017 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.3","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part III","chronReleaseDate":"23-Jun-2009","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 43-17\n\nDate: February 3, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 12:09 pm and 12:15 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 840-10]\n\n       Request for Charles W. Colson","filename":["043-017.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-016","nextCode":"043-018","transcript":[{"start":1.99,"end":4.32,"text":"Would you try Mr. Coulson, please?"},{"start":4.64,"end":9.12,"text":"He is probably, he may not be in his office yet, but when he gets there, if he could call me, please."},{"start":9.16,"end":10.21,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to contact Charles W. Colson on his behalf. The President requested that Colson return his call as soon as he arrived at his office. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical arrangement to facilitate a subsequent discussion between the two men.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Presidential communication","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:25:30.410Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":17,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-017.mp3","bytes":401507,"durationSec":16.61,"bitrate":193342,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-017.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-017","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-017","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}