{"conversationCode":"035-056","tapeNumber":35,"conversationNumber":56,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-035-056","startDateTime":"1973-01-02T15:21:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-02T16:20:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Jan-1973","startTime":"10:21 AM","endDate":"2-Jan-1973","endTime":"11:20 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Colson, Charles W.; White House operator; [Unknown person(s)]; Woods, Rose Mary; Warren, Gerald L.; Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On January 2, 1973, Charles W. Colson, White House operator, unknown person(s), Rose Mary Woods, Gerald L. Warren, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:21 am and 11:20 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-056 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. 35-56\n\nDate: January 2, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 10:21 am and 11:20 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nCharles W. Colson talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call to Gerald L. Warren\n\n[The President can be heard talking with Rose Mary Woods in the background.]\n\nColson talked with an unknown person at an unknown time between 10:21 am and 11:20 am.\n\n       Request to speak with Warren\n\n[The President can be heard speaking with Woods in the background.]\n\n       Red Cross\n            -Nicaragua earthquake victims\n\nColson talked with Warren at an unknown time between 10:21 am and 11:20 am.\n\n       Roberto Clemente’s death\n            -Presidential statement\n                  -Audio tape\n\n[The President can be heard talking with Woods in the background.]\n\n       Woods’s health\n\nColson talked with Warren at an unknown time between 10:21 am and 11:20 am.\n\n       Clemente’s death\n            -Presidential statement\n                  -Audio tape\n                        -Distribution\n                               -Radio\n                               -Warren’s forthcoming press conference\n                                    -Delay\n\f                                             -55-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                            Conversation No. 35-56 (cont’d)\n\n                              -Taping\n                                   -Timing","filename":["035-056.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Colson, Charles W.","White House operator","[Unknown person(s)]","Woods, Rose Mary","Warren, Gerald L.","Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"035-055","nextCode":"035-057","transcript":[{"start":0.54,"end":3.88,"text":"Jerry Warren, please."},{"start":3.9,"end":8.37,"text":"Mr. Coulson."},{"start":8.39,"end":8.59,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":9.53,"end":10.65,"text":"Rose?"},{"start":10.67,"end":12.09,"text":"Would you..."},{"start":12.11,"end":14.45,"text":"Officer to the President, Jerry."},{"start":14.47,"end":14.65,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":14.67,"end":16.52,"text":"Jerry Warren, please."},{"start":16.54,"end":17.64,"text":"Mr. Coulson."},{"start":17.66,"end":22.18,"text":"Just a moment."},{"start":22.2,"end":28.13,"text":"Mr. Coulson."},{"start":28.87,"end":37.86,"text":"Jerry, President, just tape that thing in so we can get it right out to the radio people who would like to use it."},{"start":37.94,"end":38.51,"text":"I'll do that."},{"start":38.55,"end":39.55,"text":"So it'll play during the day."},{"start":39.61,"end":41.15,"text":"Yeah, I'll do that before my briefing."},{"start":41.17,"end":42.69,"text":"I'll delay my briefing until that's done."},{"start":43.21,"end":44.37,"text":"So you just taped it?"},{"start":44.39,"end":44.73,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":44.75,"end":48.34,"text":"So as soon as you get whatever you need to hand out, you'd like to get it right out?"},{"start":48.36,"end":48.92,"text":"I'll do it."},{"start":48.94,"end":49.2,"text":"Good."},{"start":49.22,"end":49.78,"text":"Thanks."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Charles W. Colson coordinated with Press Secretary Gerald L. Warren to expedite the release of an official presidential statement regarding the death of baseball legend Roberto Clemente. The participants prioritized the immediate recording and distribution of the statement to radio outlets, prompting Warren to delay his scheduled press briefing to ensure the tape could be broadcast promptly. The conversation also briefly touched upon humanitarian efforts for Nicaragua earthquake victims and the health of Rose Mary Woods.","topics":["Roberto Clemente","Gerald L. Warren","Presidential statements","Radio broadcasting","Nicaragua earthquake relief","White House press operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:45:48.504Z"},"topicSlugs":["roberto-clemente","gerald-l-warren","presidential-statements","radio-broadcasting","nicaragua-earthquake-relief","white-house-press-operations"],"audioDurationSec":57,"audioFiles":[{"file":"035-056.mp3","bytes":1372398,"durationSec":57.04,"bitrate":192482,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:41.449Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/035-056.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-056","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/35/conversation-035-056","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}