{"conversationCode":"015-026","tapeNumber":15,"conversationNumber":26,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-015-026","startDateTime":"1971-11-18T15:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-18T15:55:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Nov-1971","startTime":"10:54 AM","endDate":"18-Nov-1971","endTime":"10:55 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Colson, Charles W.;","description":"On November 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 10:54 am to 10:55 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-026 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. 15-26\n\nDate: November 18, 1971\nTime: 10:54 am - 10:55 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Charles W. Colson\n\nThe President talked with Colson.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 294-8]\n\n     Colson's schedule\n          -Meeting with the President","filename":["015-026.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:33:15","tapeEnd":"00:33:27","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Colson, Charles W."],"prevCode":"015-025","nextCode":"015-027","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":2.82,"text":"Mr. Colson, sir?"},{"start":2.9,"end":3.38,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":3.4,"end":6.71,"text":"There you are."},{"start":6.73,"end":6.97,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":7.09,"end":7.79,"text":"Yes, sir, Mr. President."},{"start":7.82,"end":9,"text":"Are you free now, or are you busy?"},{"start":9.12,"end":9.76,"text":"No, I'm free, sir."},{"start":10,"end":10.76,"text":"All right."},{"start":10.78,"end":10.88,"text":"Fine."},{"start":10.9,"end":11.53,"text":"Come right in."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call to Special Counsel Charles W. Colson to confirm his immediate availability. After verifying that Colson is free, the President directs him to come to the Oval Office for a meeting. The brief exchange serves primarily as a logistical check to coordinate their schedules for an upcoming discussion.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","White House scheduling","Presidential meetings","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:13:26.005Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","white-house-scheduling","presidential-meetings","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"015-026.mp3","bytes":277732,"durationSec":11.52,"bitrate":192941,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.618Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/015-026.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-026","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/15/conversation-015-026","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}