{"conversationCode":"026-018","tapeNumber":26,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-026-018","startDateTime":"1972-06-27T19:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-06-27T20:40:00.000Z","startDate":"27-Jun-1972","startTime":"3:40 PM","endDate":"27-Jun-1972","endTime":"4:40 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Colson, Charles W.; White House operator; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On June 27, 1972, Charles W. Colson, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:40 pm and 4:40 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 026-018 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. 26-18\n\nDate: June 27, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 3:40 and 4:40 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nCharles W. Colson talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to his office\n\nColson talked with an unknown woman.\n\n     Request for document\n         -Search behind Colson's desk","filename":["026-018-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:36:26","tapeEnd":"00:36:55","participantsList":["Colson, Charles W.","White House operator","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"026-017","nextCode":"026-019","tapeTranscriptFile":"026a.mp3,026b.mp3","transcript":[{"start":2195.89,"end":2213.46,"text":"It looks quickly behind my desk."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":2186,"end":2215,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"Charles W. Colson contacted the White House operator to facilitate a professional communication and subsequently coordinated with an unknown woman to locate a specific document. The brief exchange focused on administrative support and the urgent retrieval of files situated behind Colson's office desk. These logistical efforts highlight the internal office management and information handling procedures within the White House staff.","topics":["Administration","Document Retrieval","Charles W. Colson","White House Operations","Internal Communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:16:34.546Z"},"topicSlugs":["administration","document-retrieval","charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","internal-communications"],"audioDurationSec":32,"audioFiles":[{"file":"026-018-splice.mp3","bytes":511287,"durationSec":32,"bitrate":127821,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:14.698Z","originalFilename":["026a.mp3","026b.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["026a.mp3"],"cutStart":2184.5,"cutEnd":2216.5,"adjustedStart":2184.5,"adjustedEnd":2216.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:14.698Z"},"transcriptPrev":{"segments":2,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T08:14:01.833Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/026-018-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/026-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/26/conversation-026-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}