{"conversationCode":"001-083","tapeNumber":1,"conversationNumber":83,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-001-083","startDateTime":"1971-04-15T00:41:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-15T00:42:00.000Z","startDate":"14-Apr-1971","startTime":"7:41 PM","endDate":"14-Apr-1971","endTime":"7:42 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.;","description":"On April 14, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 7:41 pm to 7:42 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 001-083 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 1-83\n\nDate: April 14, 1971\nTime: 7:41 pm - 7:42 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Charles W. Colson.\n\n     Colson's possible conversation with Edward W. Brooke\n          -President's People's Republic of China initiative\n                -Howard K. Smith\n                -Kevin Taylor","filename":["001-083.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:53:25","tapeEnd":"02:54:00","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Colson, Charles W."],"prevCode":"001-082","nextCode":"001-084","transcript":[{"start":0.09,"end":0.81,"text":"When you're, hello?"},{"start":0.87,"end":1.19,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":1.41,"end":9.9,"text":"When you're talking to Brooke, why don't you ask him to get up on the Senate floor tomorrow and praise the president for his initiative on the China thing."},{"start":10.64,"end":14.98,"text":"And then getting the Howard Smith background, see, Smith has got it all, starting with the article."},{"start":15.42,"end":16.88,"text":"This is an 18-month plan."},{"start":16.94,"end":20.96,"text":"This is thinking of the future of the little Kevin Taylors, you know, and the rest."},{"start":21.59,"end":25.85,"text":"And that this is something where he can really say, we like this initiative."},{"start":25.95,"end":26.47,"text":"You see what I mean?"},{"start":26.51,"end":26.75,"text":"Mm-hmm."},{"start":27.39,"end":28.15,"text":"Tell him to do that."},{"start":28.25,"end":30.14,"text":"I think he'd be one that would be very likely to."},{"start":30.32,"end":30.48,"text":"Good."},{"start":30.68,"end":30.94,"text":"Okay."},{"start":30.98,"end":31.41,"text":"I'll do it, sir."},{"start":31.43,"end":31.67,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon directs Charles W. Colson to contact Senator Edward W. Brooke to secure public support for the administration's initiative toward the People's Republic of China. Nixon instructs Colson to encourage Brooke to deliver a speech on the Senate floor praising the policy as a long-term strategic vision for future generations. Colson confirms his intention to execute this request, leveraging background information from journalist Howard K. Smith to bolster the argument.","topics":["China initiative","Edward W. Brooke","Public relations","Foreign policy","Senate","Howard K. Smith"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T20:59:02.825Z"},"topicSlugs":["china-initiative","edward-w-brooke","public-relations","foreign-policy","senate","howard-k-smith"],"audioDurationSec":33,"audioFiles":[{"file":"001-083.mp3","bytes":783672,"durationSec":32.58,"bitrate":192413,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.350Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/001-083.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/001-083","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/1/conversation-001-083","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}