{"conversationCode":"043-055","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":55,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-055","startDateTime":"1973-02-08T18:50:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-08T19:15:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Feb-1973","startTime":"1:50 PM","endDate":"8-Feb-1973","endTime":"2:15 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Colson, Charles W.; Howard, W. Rick;","description":"On February 8, 1973, Charles W. Colson and W. Richard Howard talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 2:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-055 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. 43-55\n\nDate: February 8, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 1:50 pm and 2:15 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nCharles W. Colson talked with W. Richard Howard.\n\n[See Conversation No. 409-20B]\n\n[This is the original beginning of conversation No. 043-055, which has been merged with\nconversation 043-054.]\n\n       George H. Gallup polls on the President, 1971-73\n            -Delivery to Stephen B. Bull\n            -Joanne L. Gordon","filename":["043-055.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Colson, Charles W.","Howard, W. Rick"],"prevCode":"043-054","nextCode":"043-056","transcript":[{"start":10.73,"end":13.61,"text":"Let me have Dick Howard, please."},{"start":14.25,"end":16.58,"text":"Okay."},{"start":16.98,"end":18.66,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":18.68,"end":19.7,"text":"Yeah, let me have Dick, please."},{"start":20.08,"end":29.57,"text":"Okay."},{"start":29.59,"end":29.75,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":29.77,"end":37.18,"text":"Dick, pull together in the next half hour or 40 minutes at the longest all of the Gallup poll approval, disapproval."},{"start":38.15,"end":46.18,"text":"president month by month from 1971 to and up through the latest 1973 Gallup poll."},{"start":46.98,"end":48,"text":"And just have it on a sheet."},{"start":49.46,"end":49.86,"text":"Not the trial."},{"start":49.92,"end":52.73,"text":"It's just, you know, where they've asked that question, do you approve?"},{"start":52.75,"end":54.27,"text":"The president, how he's handling his job."},{"start":54.31,"end":54.67,"text":"That's right."},{"start":55.57,"end":57.21,"text":"Disapproval of the handling of the presidency."},{"start":57.81,"end":58.49,"text":"Okay."},{"start":58.51,"end":66.52,"text":"One sheet of paper just started with January 1971 and right through every time that question was asked by Gallup."},{"start":66.94,"end":67.82,"text":"January 71st."},{"start":67.86,"end":70.65,"text":"Yeah, I think Joanne had some of that stuff compiled."},{"start":70.77,"end":75.25,"text":"You get it together, and we'll have it taken right to Steve Bull."},{"start":75.63,"end":78.26,"text":"I'd like to have it before he leaves."},{"start":78.28,"end":80.34,"text":"Okay."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Charles W. Colson directs W. Richard Howard to compile a chronological summary of Gallup presidential approval and disapproval ratings from January 1971 through early 1973. This data, focusing specifically on the president's job performance, is requested on a single sheet of paper to be delivered urgently to Stephen B. Bull. Howard is instructed to coordinate with Joanne L. Gordon to ensure the materials are prepared and delivered before Bull departs.","topics":["Gallup polls","Presidential approval ratings","Stephen B. Bull","Public opinion","Data compilation"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:29:00.801Z"},"topicSlugs":["gallup-polls","presidential-approval-ratings","stephen-b-bull","public-opinion","data-compilation"],"audioDurationSec":86,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-055.mp3","bytes":2057879,"durationSec":85.61,"bitrate":192295,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.403Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:43.853Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-055.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-055","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-055","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}