{"conversationCode":"043-054","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":54,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-054","startDateTime":"1973-02-08T18:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-08T19:15:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Feb-1973","startTime":"1:50 PM","endDate":"8-Feb-1973","endTime":"2:15 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Colson, Charles W.; White House operator;","description":"On February 8, 1973, Charles W. Colson and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 2:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-054 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. 43-54\n\nDate: February 8, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:50 pm and 2:15 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nCharles W. Colson talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 409-20A]\n\n       Request for a call to his staff\n\f                                             -29-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                               Conversation No. 43-55 (cont’d)","filename":["043-054.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Colson, Charles W.","White House operator"],"prevCode":"043-053","nextCode":"043-055","transcript":[{"start":2.31,"end":3.16,"text":"This is Mr. Coulson."},{"start":3.18,"end":4.02,"text":"Could I have my office, please?"},{"start":4.24,"end":5.01,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Charles W. Colson contacts the White House operator to request a connection to his staff. This brief administrative exchange serves as a routine coordination effort for Colson to communicate with his office. No substantive policy discussions or major decisions occur during this brief interaction.","topics":["White House operations","Charles W. Colson","Staff communication","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:28:55.206Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operations","charles-w-colson","staff-communication","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-054.mp3","bytes":303704,"durationSec":12.52,"bitrate":194060,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:43.853Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-054.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-054","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-054","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}