{"conversationCode":"258-022","tapeNumber":258,"conversationNumber":22,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-258-022","startDateTime":"1971-06-17T00:07:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-06-17T00:22:00.000Z","startDate":"16-Jun-1971","startTime":"8:07 PM","endDate":"16-Jun-1971","endTime":"8:22 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President);","description":"On June 16, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:07 pm and 8:22 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 258-022 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. 258-22\n\nDate: June 16, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 8:07 pm and 8:22 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President dictated letters\n\n     Letter to Leonard H. Goldenson, President of American Broadcasting Company [ABC]\n           -Appreciation for wedding coverage\n           -Charles W. Colson\n           -White House staff\n\n     Letter to William S. Paley, chairman of Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]\n           -Appreciation for wedding coverage\n           -Colson\n           -New York Times","filename":["258-022.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:37:19","tapeEnd":"00:39:36","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)"],"prevCode":"258-021","nextCode":"258-023","transcript":[{"start":71.53,"end":71.75,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":90.29,"end":91.07,"text":"And what else are we asking for?"},{"start":91.09,"end":91.81,"text":"We're asking for information."},{"start":91.83,"end":92.57,"text":"We're asking for information."},{"start":92.59,"end":93.23,"text":"We're asking for information."},{"start":93.27,"end":93.93,"text":"We're asking for information."},{"start":93.95,"end":94.59,"text":"We're asking for information."},{"start":94.61,"end":95.23,"text":"We're asking for information."},{"start":117.53,"end":117.73,"text":"Whoa."},{"start":117.75,"end":118,"text":"Whoa."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon utilized this session to dictate correspondence to Leonard H. Goldenson of ABC and William S. Paley of CBS regarding recent wedding coverage. The letters specifically highlighted the roles of Charles W. Colson and White House staff, while also touching upon the New York Times. These communications served as a formal acknowledgment of the network executives' cooperation with the administration.","topics":["Richard Nixon","Charles Colson","ABC","CBS","Media relations","Tricia Nixon wedding"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T12:10:14.259Z"},"topicSlugs":["richard-nixon","charles-colson","abc","cbs","media-relations","tricia-nixon-wedding"],"audioDurationSec":124,"audioFiles":[{"file":"258-022.mp3","bytes":4954713,"durationSec":123.74,"bitrate":320333,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:36.695Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/258-022.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/258-022","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/258/conversation-258-022","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}