{"conversationCode":"022-086","tapeNumber":22,"conversationNumber":86,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-022-086","startDateTime":"1972-04-05T16:43:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-05T16:44:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Apr-1972","startTime":"11:43 AM","endDate":"5-Apr-1972","endTime":"11:44 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.;","description":"On April 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 11:43 am to 11:44 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-086 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. 22-86\n\nDate: April 5, 1972\nTime: 11:43 am - 11:44 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Charles W. Colson.\n\n[See Conversation No. 330-15]\n\n     The President’s schedule\n          -Speech drafts\n\n     Colson’s meeting with the President in the Executive Office Building [EOB]","filename":["022-086.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:24:18","tapeEnd":"03:24:32","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Colson, Charles W."],"prevCode":"022-085","nextCode":"022-087","transcript":[{"start":2.17,"end":2.6,"text":"Hello."},{"start":2.74,"end":3.62,"text":"Mr. Carlson."},{"start":4.14,"end":4.92,"text":"Yes, sir, Mr. President."},{"start":5.58,"end":6.85,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":6.87,"end":10.02,"text":"I've got a break about 15 minutes between drafts."},{"start":10.04,"end":11.12,"text":"You want to drop over for a minute?"},{"start":11.2,"end":11.5,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":11.84,"end":13.37,"text":"I'll be right there."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Charles W. Colson coordinate a brief, in-person meeting at the Executive Office Building to facilitate progress on pending speech drafts. The call serves as a logistical bridge between the two men to maximize their availability during a gap in their respective schedules. No policy decisions were finalized, as the primary outcome was the immediate scheduling of their collaboration on administration messaging.","topics":["Presidential scheduling","Speechwriting","White House communications","Charles Colson"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:24:53.978Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-scheduling","speechwriting","white-house-communications","charles-colson"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"022-086.mp3","bytes":349204,"durationSec":14.49,"bitrate":192847,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.521Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/022-086.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-086","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/22/conversation-022-086","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}