{"conversationCode":"025-085","tapeNumber":25,"conversationNumber":85,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-025-085","startDateTime":"1972-06-20T18:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-06-20T18:17:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Jun-1972","startTime":"2:16 PM","endDate":"20-Jun-1972","endTime":"2:17 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.;","description":"On June 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 2:16 pm to 2:17 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-085 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. 25-85\n\nDate: June 20, 1972\nTime: 2:16-2:17 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Charles W. Colson.\n\n[See Conversation No. 342-26]\n\n     Colson's location\n\n     Meeting","filename":["025-085.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:29:30","tapeEnd":"03:29:40","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Colson, Charles W."],"prevCode":"025-084","nextCode":"025-086","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":10.24,"text":"Thank you for watching!"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Charles Colson held a brief telephone discussion concerning the evolving situation following the Watergate break-in. The primary focus of the dialogue involved assessing the political fallout and managing the narrative surrounding the incident. No specific long-term decisions were recorded during this brief exchange, which served as an initial touchpoint for coordinating the administration's response.","topics":["Watergate","Charles Colson","Political strategy","Damage control","White House communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:10:11.183Z"},"topicSlugs":["watergate","charles-colson","political-strategy","damage-control","white-house-communications"],"audioDurationSec":10,"audioFiles":[{"file":"025-085.mp3","bytes":251401,"durationSec":10.4,"bitrate":193338,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.841Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/025-085.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/025-085","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/25/conversation-025-085","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}