{"conversationCode":"013-105","tapeNumber":13,"conversationNumber":105,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-013-105","startDateTime":"1971-11-03T20:01:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-03T21:25:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Nov-1971","startTime":"3:01 PM","endDate":"3-Nov-1971","endTime":"4:25 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Colson, Charles W.; White House operator; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On November 3, 1971, Charles W. Colson, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:01 pm and 4:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 013-105 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. 13-105\n\nDate: November 3, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 3:01 pm and 4:25 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nCharles W. Colson talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 301-25A]\n                                             72\n\n                           NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF\n\n                                       Tape Subject Log\n                                         (rev. 10/06)\n\n\n\n     Request for a call to office\n\nColson conferred with the President.\n\n     Stock market\n\n[End of conferral]\n\nColson talked with Joan [Surname unknown] in his office at an unknown time.\n\n     Stock market\n\nColson conferred with the President.\n\n     Stock market\n          -Activity\n\n     Phone line\n\n     Stock market\n\n[End of conferral]\n\nDick [Richard Howard?] came on the line at an unknown time.\n\n     Stock market\n          -Closing price and volume","filename":["013-105.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:42:16","tapeEnd":"03:43:57","participantsList":["Colson, Charles W.","White House operator","[Unknown person(s)]","Colson, Charles W.","White House operator","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"013-104","nextCode":"013-106","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":3.31,"text":"This is Mr. Colson."},{"start":3.33,"end":4.12,"text":"May I have my office, please?"},{"start":4.14,"end":5.24,"text":"Yes, sure."},{"start":5.26,"end":5.78,"text":"Sir."},{"start":5.8,"end":13.81,"text":"Yeah, but it was moving all day up."},{"start":14.09,"end":15.17,"text":"Mr. Colson's office."},{"start":15.41,"end":15.67,"text":"Joan?"},{"start":15.93,"end":16.35,"text":"Yes."},{"start":16.39,"end":17.63,"text":"Give me the market closing right away."},{"start":17.65,"end":18.09,"text":"I'll hold on."},{"start":18.21,"end":20.42,"text":"Okay."},{"start":20.44,"end":25.48,"text":"That's right."},{"start":25.77,"end":29.97,"text":"At 2 o'clock, there had been 10 million shares..."},{"start":31.25,"end":59.23,"text":"uh it was up 11 points it was up nine points on seven and a half million shares at 12. so that that is a very like very lightweight well i think that counts"},{"start":60.58,"end":67.15,"text":"Are you there?"},{"start":69.55,"end":83.4,"text":"Hold on."},{"start":85.3,"end":91.66,"text":"It ended, closed up 14.6 on a volume of 14 million."},{"start":93.26,"end":94.91,"text":"Okay, that's amazing."},{"start":95.13,"end":97.29,"text":"Ended at 842.58, up 14.6."},{"start":99.02,"end":99.12,"text":"Okay."},{"start":99.14,"end":99.46,"text":"Thank you, Dick."},{"start":99.48,"end":100.22,"text":"Right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Charles W. Colson coordinated with staff and the President to monitor stock market performance throughout the trading day. He actively sought real-time updates regarding market trends, trading volume, and closing prices. The conversation culminated in Colson receiving confirmation that the market had closed with a significant gain of 14.6 points on a volume of 14 million shares.","topics":["Stock market","Economic policy","White House communications","Market volatility"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:51:29.375Z"},"topicSlugs":["stock-market","economic-policy","white-house-communications","market-volatility"],"audioDurationSec":101,"audioFiles":[{"file":"013-105.mp3","bytes":2431894,"durationSec":101.26,"bitrate":192133,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.041Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/013-105.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/013-105","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/13/conversation-013-105","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}