{"conversationCode":"200-003","tapeNumber":200,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-200-003","startDateTime":"1972-08-09T02:53:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-09T03:31:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Aug-1972","startTime":"10:53 PM","endDate":"8-Aug-1972","endTime":"11:31 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.;","description":"On August 8, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 10:53 pm to 11:31 pm. The Camp David Hard Wire taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 200-003 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CDHW","recordingDevice":"Camp David Hard Wire","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. 200-3\n\nDate: August 8, 1972\nTime: 10:53 pm - 11:31 pm\nLocation: Camp David Hard Wire\n\nThe President talked with Charles W. Colson.\n\n[See Conversation No. 139-2; two items have been withdrawn]","filename":["200-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Colson, Charles W."],"prevCode":"200-002","nextCode":"200-004","transcript":[{"start":11.61,"end":15.04,"text":"tell the IRS to just kick them right in the ass."},{"start":15.06,"end":17.77,"text":"The hell with them."},{"start":17.8,"end":18.8,"text":"Why do they go after some of the Democrats?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Charles Colson discuss the political weaponization of the Internal Revenue Service against Democratic opponents. Nixon directs Colson to intensify pressure on the IRS to aggressively target their political rivals. This exchange highlights the administration's ongoing efforts to use federal agencies as instruments of political retaliation.","topics":["IRS","political retaliation","abuse of power","Charles Colson","Democratic Party"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T10:09:56.726Z"},"topicSlugs":["irs","political-retaliation","abuse-of-power","charles-colson","democratic-party"],"audioDurationSec":37,"audioFiles":[{"file":"200-003.mp3","bytes":885863,"durationSec":36.85,"bitrate":192300,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:35.864Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/200-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/200-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/200/conversation-200-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}