{"conversationCode":"253-012","tapeNumber":253,"conversationNumber":12,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-253-012","startDateTime":"1971-05-26T18:20:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-26T18:21:00.000Z","startDate":"26-May-1971","startTime":"2:20 PM","endDate":"26-May-1971","endTime":"2:21 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.;","description":"On May 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:20 pm to 2:21 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 253-012 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. 253-12\n\nDate: May 26, 1971\nTime: 2:20 pm - 2:21 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Charles W. Colson\n\n[See Conversation No. 3-132]","filename":["253-012.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:46:09","tapeEnd":"00:47:43","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Colson, Charles W."],"prevCode":"253-011","nextCode":"253-013","transcript":[{"start":0.07,"end":0.25,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":0.29,"end":4.62,"text":"You know, I got a hold of Karen just now."},{"start":4.66,"end":8.52,"text":"And I told her that I had sent it to her."},{"start":8.54,"end":11.96,"text":"That I had written a note to her."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Charles W. Colson informs President Nixon that he has successfully contacted Karen regarding a note he had previously sent her. This brief exchange confirms the delivery of the correspondence and follows up on a pending administrative or personal task. No further policy-related actions were taken during this minute-long interaction.","topics":["Communication","Personal correspondence","White House operations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T11:53:57.545Z"},"topicSlugs":["communication","personal-correspondence","white-house-operations"],"audioDurationSec":14,"audioFiles":[{"file":"253-012.mp3","bytes":573312,"durationSec":14.19,"bitrate":323330,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.696Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/253-012.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/253-012","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/253/conversation-253-012","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}