{"conversationCode":"348-004","tapeNumber":348,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-348-004","startDateTime":"1972-07-19T17:57:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-19T18:00:00.000Z","startDate":"19-Jul-1972","startTime":"1:57 PM","endDate":"19-Jul-1972","endTime":"2:00 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On July 19, 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 1:57 pm and 2:00 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 348-004 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 348-4\n\nDate: July 19, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 1:57 pm and 2:00 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 27-4]","filename":["348-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"348-003","nextCode":"348-005","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":8.28,"text":"Well, operator, when I asked Mr. Colson if he was at lunch or anything, he just talked away."},{"start":8.3,"end":8.5,"text":"Oh, I see."},{"start":8.52,"end":9.89,"text":"I just wanted to be sure that I didn't interrupt."},{"start":9.91,"end":10.01,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to confirm the status of Charles Colson, expressing concern that he may have interrupted the aide's lunch. The operator clarified the circumstances of the previous interaction, reassuring the President. The brief exchange served as an administrative check regarding Nixon's telephonic communications with his staff.","topics":["Charles Colson","White House operations","Presidential communication","Administrative logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T16:26:31.478Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-colson","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","administrative-logistics"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"348-004.mp3","bytes":298421,"durationSec":12.36,"bitrate":193152,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.538Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:24.489Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/348-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/348-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/348/conversation-348-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}