{"conversationCode":"022-021","tapeNumber":22,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-022-021","startDateTime":"1972-03-27T00:21:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-27T00:39:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Mar-1972","startTime":"7:21 PM","endDate":"26-Mar-1972","endTime":"7:39 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On March 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:21 pm and 7:39 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-021 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 22-21\n\nDate: March 26, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 7:21 pm and 7:39 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for call to Charles W. Colson\n\n[This is the original beginning of conversation No. 022-022, which has been merged with\nconversation 022-021.]\n\nThe President talked with Charles W. Colson.\n\n     International Telephone and Telegraph [ITT] case\n           -Colson message to the President\n                 -Manolo Sanchez\n           -Dita D. Beard\n                 -Health\n                      -Questioning by Edward M. Kennedy\n                      -News report\n                      -Senators’ response\n                           -Conference\n                      -Diagnosis\n\n                          -Colson’s talk with an unknown doctor\n                     -Time\n                     -Diagnosis\n                          -News photographs\n          -Kennedy\n               -Questioning of Beard\n                    -Beard’s consent to be questioned\n                          -Motives\n                    -Content\n                          -Unknown Colson source\n                          -Report\n                    -Possible wires to Kennedy\n                    -President’s possible statement\n               -Questioning\n                    -Public response\n                    -News reports\n                          -Helen A. Thomas\n                          -Lyndon K. (“Mort”) Allin\n          -Beard\n               -Questioning by Edward J. Gurney\n               -Health\n                    -Senators’ response\n                    -Developments\n          -Unknown reporter\n          -White House strategy\n               -Response\n\n     The President’s schedule","filename":["022-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:54:53","tapeEnd":"00:55:01","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"022-020","nextCode":"022-022","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":0.56,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Charles W. Colson discuss the political fallout and media coverage surrounding Dita Beard and the ongoing International Telephone and Telegraph (ITT) investigation. They specifically evaluate the implications of Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s aggressive questioning of Beard and explore potential White House strategies for managing the situation. The conversation concludes with a brief review of the President's upcoming schedule.","topics":["ITT scandal","Dita Beard","Edward M. Kennedy","Charles W. Colson","White House strategy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:19:00.145Z"},"topicSlugs":["itt-scandal","dita-beard","edward-m-kennedy","charles-w-colson","white-house-strategy"],"audioDurationSec":9,"audioFiles":[{"file":"022-021.mp3","bytes":207515,"durationSec":8.57,"bitrate":193657,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.521Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/022-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/22/conversation-022-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}