{"conversationCode":"032-043","tapeNumber":32,"conversationNumber":43,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-032-043","startDateTime":"1972-10-25T20:40:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-25T21:25:00.000Z","startDate":"25-Oct-1972","startTime":"4:40 PM","endDate":"25-Oct-1972","endTime":"5:25 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Colson, Charles W.; White House operator; [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On October 25, 1972, Charles W. Colson, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:40 pm and 5:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 032-043 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 032-043\n\nDate: October 25, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 4:40 pm and 5:25 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\nCharles W. Colson talked with the White House operator.\n\n[Conversation No. 32-43A]\n\n[See conversation No. 374-3B]\n\n         Request for a call to Colson's office\n\nColson talked with an unknown woman at an unknown time between 4:40 pm and 5:25 pm.\n\n[Conversation No. 32-43B]\n\n[See conversation No. 374-3C]\n\n         Call to Albert E. Sindlinger\n              -Poll on Watergate\n                  -Results\n                  -Presidential candidate supporters\n\n                                                                                  Conversation 032-171\n\nDate: October 25, 1972\nTime: 6:25 pm – 6:26 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Tricia Nixon Cox.\n\n******************************************************************************\n\n[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and\nreleased 01/02/2018.]\n[Unintelligible]\n[032-171-w001]\n[Duration: 15s]\n\n       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542\n\n        [Dead Air]\n\n******************************************************************************","filename":["032-043.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Colson, Charles W.","White House operator","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"032-042","nextCode":"032-044","transcript":[{"start":4.1,"end":5.28,"text":"Mr. Colson, could I have my office, please?"},{"start":5.34,"end":15.03,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":15.05,"end":17.08,"text":"Mr. Colson's office."},{"start":17.1,"end":22.42,"text":"I'll call someone here and ask them if the people mentioning Watergate are McGovern people or Nixon people or undecideds."},{"start":23.25,"end":23.81,"text":"Call someone here."},{"start":23.85,"end":26.55,"text":"He just talked to me and told me that people are mentioning Watergate."},{"start":26.75,"end":31.58,"text":"Find out who those people are for that are raising the Watergate."},{"start":32,"end":32.52,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Charles W. Colson coordinates with his office staff to analyze recent public opinion data regarding the Watergate scandal. The discussion focuses on determining the political affiliations—specifically whether they are supporters of George McGovern, President Nixon, or undecided—of individuals raising the issue in polls. Colson directs his staff to verify these demographic details to better gauge the electoral impact of the controversy.","topics":["Watergate","Public opinion polling","Charles W. Colson","1972 presidential campaign","George McGovern"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:04:02.439Z"},"topicSlugs":["watergate","public-opinion-polling","charles-w-colson","1972-presidential-campaign","george-mcgovern"],"audioDurationSec":37,"audioFiles":[{"file":"032-043.mp3","bytes":881475,"durationSec":36.67,"bitrate":192321,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:28.233Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:40.404Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/032-043.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/032-043","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/32/conversation-032-043","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}