{"conversationCode":"011-016","tapeNumber":11,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-011-016","startDateTime":"1971-10-08T01:17:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-08T01:20:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Oct-1971","startTime":"9:17 PM","endDate":"7-Oct-1971","endTime":"9:20 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.;","description":"On October 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 9:17 pm to 9:20 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-016 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. 011-016\n\n Date: October 7, 1971\n Time: 9:17 pm - 9:20 pm\n Location: White House Telephone\n\n The President talked with Charles W. Colson.\n\n        Eugene Ormandy\n             -Schedule\n\n        Kennedy Center\n            -Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre\n            -Chamber Orchestra of Mexico City\n\nRichard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542","filename":["011-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:27:12","tapeEnd":"00:27:55","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Colson, Charles W."],"prevCode":"011-015","nextCode":"011-017","transcript":[{"start":0.1,"end":2.84,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":2.86,"end":4.84,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":4.86,"end":5.28,"text":"Mr. President?"},{"start":5.42,"end":6.14,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":6.21,"end":11.79,"text":"Eugene Ormandy is either tomorrow night or the weekend at Constitution Hall, but he isn't tonight at the Kennedy Center."},{"start":11.81,"end":20.56,"text":"At the Kennedy Center tonight, the Opera House has a dance theater, the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater, which I don't know what that is."},{"start":20.58,"end":28.67,"text":"The Concert Hall has Chamber Orchestra of Mexico City, which I haven't been able to find anybody here who knows anything about."},{"start":29.16,"end":38.05,"text":"what that is it doesn't sound so great okay would you like me to check it further and see if that's enough okay"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Charles Colson discuss potential evening entertainment options at the Kennedy Center. Colson clarifies the scheduling of Eugene Ormandy’s performance at Constitution Hall and identifies the current acts at the Kennedy Center, specifically the Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre and the Chamber Orchestra of Mexico City. Nixon expresses skepticism regarding the appeal of the current Kennedy Center programming, prompting Colson to offer to conduct further research on the events.","topics":["Kennedy Center","Eugene Ormandy","Scheduling","Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre","Chamber Orchestra of Mexico City"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:16:45.842Z"},"topicSlugs":["kennedy-center","eugene-ormandy","scheduling","alvin-ailey-dance-theatre","chamber-orchestra-of-mexico-city"],"audioDurationSec":39,"audioFiles":[{"file":"011-016.mp3","bytes":1236900,"durationSec":38.53,"bitrate":256827,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.040Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:35.682Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/011-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/11/conversation-011-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}