{"conversationCode":"840-010","tapeNumber":840,"conversationNumber":10,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-840-010","startDateTime":"1973-02-03T17:09:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-03T17:09:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Feb-1973","startTime":"12:09 PM","endDate":"3-Feb-1973","endTime":"12:09 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On February 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:09 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 840-010 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 840-10\n\nDate: February 3, 1973\nTime: 12:09 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 43-17]\n\n       Request for Charles W. Colson","filename":["840-010.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"840-009","nextCode":"840-011","transcript":[{"start":0.57,"end":1.81,"text":"Uh, we've been trying to get a call from him."},{"start":1.87,"end":4.44,"text":"He is probably in his office yet, but he can't be at the police station."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a telephonic connection with Charles W. Colson. The operator clarified Colson's current availability, noting that he was likely still working in his office rather than at the police station. This exchange served as a logistical attempt to locate and establish contact with a key advisor.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","Communication logistics","White House operations","Presidential scheduling"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-08T00:58:46.212Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","communication-logistics","white-house-operations","presidential-scheduling"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"840-010.mp3","bytes":98304,"durationSec":14.23,"bitrate":55278,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:59.849Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/840-010.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/840-010","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/840/conversation-840-010","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}