{"conversationCode":"034-018","tapeNumber":34,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-034-018","startDateTime":"1972-12-05T13:26:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-12-05T13:27:00.000Z","startDate":"5-Dec-1972","startTime":"8:26 AM","endDate":"5-Dec-1972","endTime":"8:27 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.;","description":"On December 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 8:26 am to 8:27 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-018 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 34-18\n\nDate: December 5, 1972\nTime: 8:26 am – 8:27 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Charles W. Colson.\n\n[See Conversation No. 387-4B]\n\n       Colson’s location\n\n       Vietnam negotiations\n            -The President’s conversation with Col Richard T. Kennedy\n                 -Louis P. Harris poll, December 4, 1972\n                        -Settlement agreement\n                        -Request for a meeting with Colson\n\f                                            -17-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["034-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Colson, Charles W."],"prevCode":"034-017","nextCode":"034-019","transcript":[{"start":0.89,"end":21.98,"text":"I was talking here to Colonel Kennedy and he was referring to a Harris poll on a choice between continuing or getting a bad settlement."},{"start":22,"end":22.79,"text":"Do you know what that is?"},{"start":22.93,"end":23.25,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":23.31,"end":24.39,"text":"I have a copy of it."},{"start":24.41,"end":27.37,"text":"It was actually the poll that Lou came out with yesterday."},{"start":28.03,"end":28.71,"text":"Oh, yeah."},{"start":28.73,"end":31.24,"text":"And would you bring it in to me?"},{"start":31.94,"end":32.63,"text":"I'll come right in."},{"start":32.65,"end":32.87,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":32.89,"end":36.16,"text":"Come right in with it."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Charles Colson discuss a recent Louis Harris poll regarding public sentiment toward Vietnam War settlement options. Nixon requests that Colson bring the specific polling data to his office for review. The conversation serves to facilitate immediate access to information concerning domestic reactions to ongoing peace negotiations.","topics":["Vietnam War","public opinion","Louis Harris poll","peace negotiations","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:28:00.038Z"},"topicSlugs":["vietnam-war","public-opinion","louis-harris-poll","peace-negotiations","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":42,"audioFiles":[{"file":"034-018.mp3","bytes":1009597,"durationSec":41.93,"bitrate":192609,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:41.139Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/034-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/34/conversation-034-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}