{"conversationCode":"023-054","tapeNumber":23,"conversationNumber":54,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-023-054","startDateTime":"1972-04-20T20:08:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-20T20:09:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Apr-1972","startTime":"3:08 PM","endDate":"20-Apr-1972","endTime":"3:09 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.;","description":"On April 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 3:08 pm to 3:09 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-054 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. 23-54\n\nDate: April 20, 1972\nTime: 3:08-3:09 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Charles W. Colson.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 332-19]\n\f     Colson's location\n\n     Meeting with the President","filename":["023-054.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Colson, Charles W."],"prevCode":"023-053","nextCode":"023-055","transcript":[{"start":1.55,"end":2.05,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":2.29,"end":3.08,"text":"Yes, sir, Mr. President."},{"start":3.16,"end":4.33,"text":"Are you in your office?"},{"start":4.43,"end":5.41,"text":"Right next door to you, yes, sir."},{"start":5.43,"end":6.48,"text":"Oh, yeah, you can come over now."},{"start":6.62,"end":7.17,"text":"K-E-O-B."},{"start":7.59,"end":8.05,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call to summon Charles W. Colson to his office. The two discuss the logistics of their upcoming in-person meeting, confirming that Colson is nearby and available to head over immediately. The brief exchange serves primarily as a coordination step for a private consultation between the President and his advisor.","topics":["White House administration","Presidential scheduling","Charles W. Colson","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:36:36.943Z"},"topicSlugs":["white-house-administration","presidential-scheduling","charles-w-colson","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"023-054.mp3","bytes":234474,"durationSec":9.7,"bitrate":193419,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.840Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/023-054.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-054","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/23/conversation-023-054","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}