{"conversationCode":"044-157","tapeNumber":44,"conversationNumber":157,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-044-157","startDateTime":"1973-04-12T23:55:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-04-13T00:31:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Apr-1973","startTime":"6:55 PM","endDate":"12-Apr-1973","endTime":"7:31 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On April 12, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:55 pm and 7:31 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-157 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 044-157\n\nDate: April 12, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 6:55 pm and 7:31 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["044-157.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"044-156","nextCode":"044-158","transcript":[{"start":0.93,"end":6.92,"text":"Mr. Coulson, please."},{"start":7.02,"end":7.66,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request for the White House operator to place a telephone call to Charles W. Colson. This interaction serves as a brief procedural step to facilitate direct communication between the President and his former special counsel. No further substantive discussion occurs during this short exchange.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Presidential communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:59:19.907Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","presidential-communications"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"044-157.mp3","bytes":407552,"durationSec":10.06,"bitrate":324032,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.404Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/044-157.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-157","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/44/conversation-044-157","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}