{"conversationCode":"780-004","tapeNumber":780,"conversationNumber":4,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-780-004","startDateTime":"1972-09-16T13:13:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-09-16T13:24:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Sep-1972","startTime":"9:13 AM","endDate":"16-Sep-1972","endTime":"9:24 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On September 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:13 am and 9:24 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 780-004 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 780-4\n\nDate: September 16, 1972\n\n                                        (rev. Oct-06)\n\nTime: Unknown between 9:13 am and 9:24 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n             Request for a call to Charles W. Colson","filename":["780-004.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"780-003","nextCode":"780-005","transcript":[{"start":1.11,"end":1.87,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to initiate a telephone call. The sole purpose of this brief interaction was to facilitate a direct line of communication with Charles W. Colson. No further policy or administrative matters were discussed during this exchange.","topics":["White House operator","Charles W. Colson","Telephone communication","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T23:28:32.737Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-operator","charles-w-colson","telephone-communication","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":5,"audioFiles":[{"file":"780-004.mp3","bytes":129775,"durationSec":5.35,"bitrate":194177,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.945Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/780-004.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/780-004","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/780/conversation-780-004","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}