{"conversationCode":"024-067","tapeNumber":24,"conversationNumber":67,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-024-067","startDateTime":"1972-05-10T19:59:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-10T20:00:00.000Z","startDate":"10-May-1972","startTime":"3:59 PM","endDate":"10-May-1972","endTime":"4:00 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.;","description":"On May 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 3:59 pm to 4:00 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-067 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. 24-67\n\nDate: May 10, 1972\nTime: 3:59 pm - 4:00 pm\n\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Charles W. Colson.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 337-27]\n\n     Vietnam\n          -Melvin R. Laird's press conference\n               -Colson’s view\n               -Length\n\n     Forthcoming meeting with the President\n          -Colson\n          -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["024-067.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:20:32","tapeEnd":"01:21:02","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Colson, Charles W."],"prevCode":"024-066","nextCode":"024-068","transcript":[{"start":0.72,"end":2.4,"text":"Hello."},{"start":2.6,"end":3.38,"text":"Yes, sir, Mr. President."},{"start":3.91,"end":5.55,"text":"Well, how's the battle going?"},{"start":5.63,"end":6.85,"text":"Laird do all right, I understand."},{"start":6.87,"end":8.75,"text":"Oh, Laird was just superb."},{"start":8.93,"end":9.41,"text":"Were you there?"},{"start":9.65,"end":11.13,"text":"No, I had it rerun on television."},{"start":11.19,"end":15.9,"text":"They televised it live, and, God, he went for 50 minutes, and he was..."},{"start":16.86,"end":21.36,"text":"I've never seen Mel Laird more animated and more intense."},{"start":21.66,"end":22.78,"text":"Where are you now?"},{"start":23,"end":24.08,"text":"I'm right next door to you."},{"start":24.1,"end":25.41,"text":"Why don't you come in and talk about it?"},{"start":25.43,"end":26.11,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":26.13,"end":26.31,"text":"Right."},{"start":26.35,"end":26.85,"text":"I'll be right there."},{"start":26.87,"end":28.51,"text":"Just call him, and I'll come over to it with you."},{"start":28.53,"end":28.71,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":28.73,"end":29.33,"text":"Right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Charles Colson discuss the positive performance of Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird during a recent televised press conference regarding the Vietnam War. Impressed by Laird’s intensity and effectiveness, the President directs Colson to coordinate a follow-up meeting with H. R. Haldeman. The brief call serves to facilitate immediate staff consultation on how to leverage the momentum from the press conference.","topics":["Vietnam War","Melvin R. Laird","Public relations","White House staff","Press conferences"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:53:12.629Z"},"topicSlugs":["vietnam-war","melvin-r-laird","public-relations","white-house-staff","press-conferences"],"audioDurationSec":30,"audioFiles":[{"file":"024-067.mp3","bytes":724113,"durationSec":30.1,"bitrate":192466,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.840Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/024-067.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-067","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/24/conversation-024-067","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}