{"conversationCode":"024-068","tapeNumber":24,"conversationNumber":68,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-024-068","startDateTime":"1972-05-10T20:04:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-05-10T20:25:00.000Z","startDate":"10-May-1972","startTime":"4:04 PM","endDate":"10-May-1972","endTime":"4:25 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Colson, Charles W.; White House operator; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On May 10, 1972, Charles W. Colson, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:04 pm and 4:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-068 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. 24-68\n\nDate: May 10, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 4:04 pm and 4:25 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nCharles W. Colson talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 337-28/339-1F]\n\n     Request for a call to his office\n\nColson talked with an unknown woman at an unknown time.\n\n     Vietnam\n          -Poll results\n                -Albert E. Sindlinger poll\n                -Opinion Research Corporation [ORC] poll\n                -Fact sheets\n                      -Steven S. Karalekas\n                -Delivery to Colson","filename":["024-068.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:21:02","tapeEnd":"01:21:29","participantsList":["Colson, Charles W.","White House operator","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"024-067","nextCode":"024-069","transcript":[{"start":4.17,"end":5.05,"text":"This is Mr. Colson."},{"start":5.07,"end":6.13,"text":"Could I have my office, please?"},{"start":6.15,"end":12.58,"text":"Sure thing."},{"start":12.6,"end":13.1,"text":"Colson's office."},{"start":13.12,"end":22.57,"text":"Bring me and have sent in to me right away the Sendlinger poll and the ORC poll and the fact sheet cover and today's reaction fact sheet."},{"start":23.23,"end":24.32,"text":"Carol Lucas has all of those."},{"start":24.36,"end":25.5,"text":"Get them right in here."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Charles W. Colson contacted his office to demand the immediate delivery of current public opinion polling data regarding the Vietnam War. He specifically requested results from the Albert E. Sindlinger and Opinion Research Corporation polls, along with relevant reaction fact sheets compiled by Steven S. Karalekas. The request indicates the administration's urgent efforts to monitor and utilize domestic sentiment data to manage the political narrative surrounding the conflict.","topics":["Vietnam War","Public opinion polling","Albert E. Sindlinger","Opinion Research Corporation","Charles W. Colson","White House communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T02:53:18.135Z"},"topicSlugs":["vietnam-war","public-opinion-polling","albert-e-sindlinger","opinion-research-corporation","charles-w-colson","white-house-communications"],"audioDurationSec":27,"audioFiles":[{"file":"024-068.mp3","bytes":639476,"durationSec":26.58,"bitrate":192466,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.840Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/024-068.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-068","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/24/conversation-024-068","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}