{"conversationCode":"150-001","tapeNumber":150,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-150-001","startDateTime":"1972-10-15T21:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-16T00:28:00.000Z","startDate":"15-Oct-1972","startTime":"5:20 PM","endDate":"15-Oct-1972","endTime":"8:28 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.;","description":"On October 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 5:20 pm and 8:28 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 150-001 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CDST","recordingDevice":"Camp David Study Table","latitudeEstimated":39.648333,"longitudeEstimated":-77.465,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 150-1\n\nDate: October 15, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 5:20 pm and 8:28 pm\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with Charles W. Colson. This recording began at an unknown time while the\nconversation was in progress.\n\n[See Conversation No. 221-1]\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 2m 5s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n        Press reports\n            -Wire services\n                 -The President's speech of October 15, 1972 on drug abuse\n                 -Colson’s view\n                 -The President’s view\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 2m 56s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n*****************************************************************","filename":["150-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Colson, Charles W."],"prevCode":"149-014","nextCode":"151-001","transcript":[{"start":10.97,"end":12.65,"text":"The wire leads on your speech."},{"start":12.67,"end":16.69,"text":"Mr. President, they're running very good."},{"start":16.71,"end":22.62,"text":"We've stopped the frightening trends of crime that drive the drug bushes off the streets."},{"start":22.64,"end":23.1,"text":"Excellent."},{"start":23.12,"end":25.32,"text":"I feel like a complete jackass."},{"start":25.4,"end":26.12,"text":"It's a hard line."},{"start":26.16,"end":27.2,"text":"That's the main thing."},{"start":27.23,"end":27.95,"text":"That's right."},{"start":28.13,"end":28.99,"text":"I feel like a fool."},{"start":29.05,"end":29.51,"text":"I didn't listen."},{"start":29.53,"end":30.47,"text":"No, no, you shouldn't."},{"start":30.49,"end":33.11,"text":"Oh, Christ, don't listen to these things because Jimmy can read them."},{"start":33.21,"end":34.21,"text":"I never listened to anything."},{"start":34.25,"end":34.85,"text":"Well, I do."},{"start":34.87,"end":35.95,"text":"I always do."},{"start":36.05,"end":37.18,"text":"First one I missed, but I..."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Charles Colson reviewed the media reception of the President's recent address on drug abuse. Colson reassured Nixon that wire service reports were favorable, characterizing the speech as projecting a necessary hard-line stance against crime. Despite Colson’s positive assessment, Nixon expressed personal frustration and self-doubt regarding his performance during the delivery of the speech.","topics":["Richard Nixon","Charles Colson","Drug abuse","Public relations","Presidential rhetoric","Media coverage"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:53:10.027Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-nixon","charles-colson","drug-abuse","public-relations","presidential-rhetoric","media-coverage"],"audioDurationSec":50,"audioFiles":[{"file":"150-001.mp3","bytes":1207483,"durationSec":50.24,"bitrate":192274,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:32.999Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/150-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/150-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/150/conversation-150-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}