{"conversationCode":"025-056","tapeNumber":25,"conversationNumber":56,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-025-056","startDateTime":"1972-06-13T15:45:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-06-13T16:27:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Jun-1972","startTime":"11:45 AM","endDate":"13-Jun-1972","endTime":"12:27 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\"); White House operator; Colson, Charles W.; Howard, W. Rick;","description":"On June 13, 1972, H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman, White House operator, Charles W. Colson, and W. Richard Howard talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:45 am and 12:27 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-056 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. 25-56\n\nDate: June 13, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:45 am and 12:27 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nH. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson\n\nHaldeman talked with Charles W. Colson at an unknown time between 11:45 am and 12:27 pm.\n\n[See Conversation No. 732-11A]\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/27/2017.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n\f[Personal Returnable]\n[025-056-w002]\n[Duration: 58s]\n\n     1972 election\n          -George S. McGovern\n                -Monitor\n                     -Committee\n                -Alvin Snyder\n                     -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]\n                     -Videotapes\n\nCharles W. Colson conferred with W. Richard Howard at an unknown time.\n\n     1972 election\n          -George S. McGovern\n                -Monitoring by Jeb S. Magruder\n\n[End of conferral]\n\n     1972 election\n          -Collection of George S. McGovern’s statements\n                -Transcript\n                -Videotape\n                -Audiotape\n                -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]\n\n*****************************************************************","filename":["025-056.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:25:02","tapeEnd":"02:26:25","participantsList":["Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")","White House operator","Colson, Charles W.","Howard, W. Rick"],"prevCode":"025-055","nextCode":"025-057","transcript":[{"start":1.53,"end":3.44,"text":"Colson, please."},{"start":3.52,"end":4.07,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":41.17,"end":42.54,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"H. R. Haldeman, Charles Colson, and W. Richard Howard coordinated efforts to monitor the 1972 presidential campaign of George McGovern. The participants discussed strategies for tracking McGovern's statements and activities, specifically focusing on the acquisition of transcripts and video footage from CBS. The primary objective of the discussion was to establish a system for collecting and archiving campaign materials for use by the Nixon administration.","topics":["1972 Presidential Election","George McGovern","Opposition Research","Media Monitoring","CBS News"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:07:34.666Z"},"topicSlugs":["1972-presidential-election","george-mcgovern","opposition-research","media-monitoring","cbs-news"],"audioDurationSec":84,"audioFiles":[{"file":"025-056.mp3","bytes":2025638,"durationSec":84.33,"bitrate":192151,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.842Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/025-056.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/025-056","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/25/conversation-025-056","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}