{"conversationCode":"043-053","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":53,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-053","startDateTime":"1973-02-08T18:49:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-08T18:49:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Feb-1973","startTime":"1:49 PM","endDate":"8-Feb-1973","endTime":"1:49 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 8, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:49 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-053 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. 43-53\n\nDate: February 8, 1973\nTime: 1:49 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 409-19]\n\n       Request for Charles W. Colson\n            -Old Executive Office Building office","filename":["043-053.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-052","nextCode":"043-054","transcript":[{"start":1.65,"end":2.52,"text":"Please."},{"start":2.54,"end":5.47,"text":"Operator, could you ask Mr. Colson to come to the UOB office?"},{"start":5.75,"end":6.88,"text":"After lunch, don't bother him."},{"start":7.16,"end":7.55,"text":"All right."},{"start":7.57,"end":7.95,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to contact Charles W. Colson and request his presence at the Old Executive Office Building. The President specifically requested that Colson not be disturbed during his lunch hour. This brief exchange served to coordinate a subsequent meeting between the two men.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","Scheduling","Old Executive Office Building","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:28:49.935Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","scheduling","old-executive-office-building","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":16,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-053.mp3","bytes":380131,"durationSec":15.72,"bitrate":193450,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.086Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-053.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-053","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-053","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}