{"conversationCode":"318-015","tapeNumber":318,"conversationNumber":15,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-318-015","startDateTime":"1972-02-02T19:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-02T19:04:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Feb-1972","startTime":"2:00 PM","endDate":"2-Feb-1972","endTime":"2:04 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 2, 1972, 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 2:00 pm and 2:04 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 318-015 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 318-15\n\nDate: February 2, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 2:00 pm and 2:04 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\fThe President talked with the White House operator [?]\n\n     Charles W. Colson\n          -Schedule\n          -Request for a return call","filename":["318-015.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:43:49","tapeEnd":"01:44:17","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"318-014","nextCode":"318-016","transcript":[{"start":4.96,"end":13.5,"text":"We know what it is, but Dr. Fitzpatrick, I mean, Mark, I'm sure you know."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a communication with Charles W. Colson. The discussion primarily addressed scheduling logistics and the President's request for Colson to return his call. The brief exchange served as a procedural step to initiate direct contact with his Special Counsel.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House scheduling","Communications","Presidential staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:47:20.125Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-scheduling","communications","presidential-staff"],"audioDurationSec":13,"audioFiles":[{"file":"318-015.mp3","bytes":543154,"durationSec":13.45,"bitrate":323051,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.568Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/318-015.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/318-015","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/318/conversation-318-015","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}