{"conversationCode":"285-044","tapeNumber":285,"conversationNumber":44,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-285-044","startDateTime":"1971-10-07T19:48:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-07T20:12:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Oct-1971","startTime":"3:48 PM","endDate":"7-Oct-1971","endTime":"4:12 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:48 pm and 4:12 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 285-044 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 285-044\nDate: October 7, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:48 pm and 4:12 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\nThe President talked with White House operator.\n[See Conversation No. 10-139]\nRequest for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["285-044.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:30:09","tapeEnd":"04:30:29","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"285-043","nextCode":"285-045","transcript":[{"start":2.7,"end":6.99,"text":"Call some police."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a request through the White House operator to be connected with Charles W. Colson. The brief exchange serves as a logistical coordination for the President to communicate directly with his Special Counsel. No further substantive policy matters or decisions are documented in this specific audio segment.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Presidential communications","Staff coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:30:06.118Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","staff-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"285-044.mp3","bytes":290289,"durationSec":7.12,"bitrate":326332,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.615Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/285-044.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/285-044","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/285/conversation-285-044","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}