{"conversationCode":"043-018","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-018","startDateTime":"1973-02-03T17:15:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-03T17:16:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Feb-1973","startTime":"12:15 PM","endDate":"3-Feb-1973","endTime":"12:16 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.;","description":"On February 3, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 12:15 pm to 12:16 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-018 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.3","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part III","chronReleaseDate":"23-Jun-2009","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 43-18\n\nDate: February 3, 1973\nTime: 12:15 pm - 12:16 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with Charles W. Colson\n\n[See Conversation No. 840-12A]\n\n       Instructions on call to Alexander M. Haig, Jr.\n\n       Henry A. Kissinger\n            -Colson's schedule\n            -Colson’s report\n\n       Rose Mary Woods\n            -Coy Stennis\n\f                                              -11-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                          Conversation No. 43-18 (cont’d)","filename":["043-018.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Colson, Charles W."],"prevCode":"043-017","nextCode":"043-019","transcript":[{"start":2.27,"end":3.51,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":3.55,"end":4.83,"text":"Yes, sir, Mr. President."},{"start":4.85,"end":8.66,"text":"It occurred to me that you ought to give Al Haig a call and fill him in on this, too."},{"start":8.68,"end":9.14,"text":"Right."},{"start":9.16,"end":9.54,"text":"Okay."},{"start":9.7,"end":12.58,"text":"I just talked to Henry, so when he comes in to see you, he'll be a little shaken."},{"start":13.75,"end":14.45,"text":"Oh."},{"start":14.55,"end":16.83,"text":"On the way back, I just dropped into his office."},{"start":17.47,"end":18.35,"text":"Yeah, yeah."},{"start":18.37,"end":20.2,"text":"Well, you give me a report later, if you will."},{"start":20.94,"end":21.54,"text":"Fine, fine."},{"start":21.56,"end":23.88,"text":"And I've told Rose who's going to call Mr. Stennis."},{"start":23.9,"end":24.22,"text":"Okay."},{"start":24.91,"end":25.57,"text":"Good."},{"start":25.59,"end":25.89,"text":"Thank you, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon instructed Charles Colson to brief Alexander Haig regarding recent developments and to coordinate with Rose Mary Woods concerning a telephone call to Senator John Stennis. Colson also informed the President that he had met with Henry Kissinger, noting that the National Security Advisor would likely appear unsettled during his upcoming meeting with Nixon. The President concluded by directing Colson to provide a follow-up report on these matters later in the day.","topics":["Alexander Haig","Henry Kissinger","John Stennis","Rose Mary Woods","White House coordination"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:25:35.828Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-haig","henry-kissinger","john-stennis","rose-mary-woods","white-house-coordination"],"audioDurationSec":31,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-018.mp3","bytes":739391,"durationSec":30.68,"bitrate":192800,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:43.849Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}