{"conversationCode":"462-020","tapeNumber":462,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-462-020","startDateTime":"1971-03-05T21:29:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-03-05T21:29:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Mar-1971","startTime":"4:29 PM","endDate":"5-Mar-1971","endTime":"4:29 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:29 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 462-020 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 462-20\n\nDate: March 5, 1971\nTime: 4:29 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator\n\n     Call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["462-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"06:24:59","tapeEnd":"06:25:31","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"462-019","nextCode":"462-021","transcript":[{"start":0.89,"end":1.89,"text":"Concentration."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Charles W. Colson. This brief communication served as a logistical bridge to facilitate a direct discussion between the President and his Special Counsel. No policy matters or further substantive actions were recorded during this brief administrative exchange.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Presidential communications","Staff coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:11:45.983Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","presidential-communications","staff-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":3,"audioFiles":[{"file":"462-020.mp3","bytes":80874,"durationSec":3.31,"bitrate":195262,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:47.662Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/462-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/462-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/462/conversation-462-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}