{"conversationCode":"009-108","tapeNumber":9,"conversationNumber":108,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-009-108","startDateTime":"1971-09-21T23:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-09-22T00:11:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Sep-1971","startTime":"7:54 PM","endDate":"21-Sep-1971","endTime":"8:11 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.;","description":"On September 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 7:54 pm to 8:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 009-108 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 9-108\n\nDate: September 21, 1971\nTime: 7:54 pm - 8:11 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Charles W. Colson.\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and\nreleased 01/03/2017.]\n[Unintelligible]\n[009-108-w001]\n[Duration: 16m 20s]\n\n     Pentagon Papers\n\n     Cabinet\n          -James D. Hodgson\n\n     Economy\n         -July figures\n         -Consumer Price Index [CPI]\n               -October 1971\n               -George P. Shultz\n                     -Charles W. Colson’s talk with George W. Romney\n\n     Draft issue\n           -Debate\n           -Vote\n\n     Economy\n         -Consumer Price Index [CPI]\n              -Statistics\n              -Prices\n\n          -Percentages\n\n*****************************************************************","filename":["009-108.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:03:47","tapeEnd":"03:20:11","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Colson, Charles W."],"prevCode":"009-107","nextCode":"009-109","transcript":[{"start":0.93,"end":5.47,"text":"Hello Hello"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Charles Colson confer regarding the administration’s economic strategy and public relations efforts, specifically focusing on the Consumer Price Index and its implications for October 1971. The discussion touches upon political strategy related to the draft and administrative management, including George Shultz’s role and communications with George Romney. Additionally, the pair evaluates the political fallout surrounding the Pentagon Papers and internal Cabinet dynamics involving James D. Hodgson.","topics":["Pentagon Papers","Consumer Price Index","Economic Policy","The Draft","Cabinet Relations","Political Strategy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T22:59:25.549Z"},"topicSlugs":["pentagon-papers","consumer-price-index","economic-policy","the-draft","cabinet-relations","political-strategy"],"audioDurationSec":985,"audioFiles":[{"file":"009-108.mp3","bytes":23653145,"durationSec":985.49,"bitrate":192011,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:21.709Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/009-108.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/009-108","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/9/conversation-009-108","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}