{"conversationCode":"246-035","tapeNumber":246,"conversationNumber":35,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-246-035","startDateTime":"1971-04-07T23:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-08T00:09:00.000Z","startDate":"7-Apr-1971","startTime":"6:10 PM","endDate":"7-Apr-1971","endTime":"7:09 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)];","description":"On April 7, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:10 pm and 7:09 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 246-035 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 246-035\n\nDate: April 7, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 6:10 pm and 7:09 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with an unknown person\n\n     Charles W. Colson","filename":["246-035.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:37:35","tapeEnd":"05:37:55","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","[Unknown person(s)]"],"prevCode":"246-034","nextCode":"246-036","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":11.05,"text":"I thought that, uh, you'd have to, uh, coast, uh..."},{"start":11.07,"end":11.29,"text":"Uh..."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with an unidentified individual, identified in White House logs as Charles W. Colson, to discuss political strategy and public relations. The conversation centered on the necessity of maintaining a low-profile approach, referred to as 'coasting,' regarding ongoing administration objectives. No major policy shifts resulted from the brief, informal exchange, which focused primarily on navigating current political optics.","topics":["Charles W. Colson","Political strategy","Public relations","Administration policy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:34:51.388Z"},"topicSlugs":["charles-w-colson","political-strategy","public-relations","administration-policy"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"246-035.mp3","bytes":455367,"durationSec":11.24,"bitrate":323966,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/246-035.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/246-035","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/246/conversation-246-035","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}