{"conversationCode":"294-003","tapeNumber":294,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-294-003","startDateTime":"1971-11-18T13:07:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-18T13:08:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Nov-1971","startTime":"8:07 AM","endDate":"18-Nov-1971","endTime":"8:08 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.;","description":"On November 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:07 am to 8:08 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 294-003 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 294-3\n\nDate: November 18, 1971\nTime: 8:07 am - 8:08 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Charles W. Colson.\n\n[See Conversation No. 15-20]","filename":["294-003-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:01:32","tapeEnd":"00:02:49","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Colson, Charles W."],"prevCode":"294-002","nextCode":"294-004","tapeTranscriptFile":"294a.mp3,294b.mp3,294c.mp3,294d.mp3","transcript":[{"start":92.01,"end":92.59,"text":"One moment, please."},{"start":92.63,"end":94.17,"text":"Hello, Ted."},{"start":94.25,"end":94.39,"text":"Right."},{"start":94.41,"end":104.4,"text":"What time does your staff meeting finish?"},{"start":104.6,"end":105.4,"text":"You're doing fine."},{"start":105.42,"end":113.8,"text":"I just want to know, I want to go over a couple of things in a minute, Ted."},{"start":114.06,"end":119.63,"text":"Well, everything's a puzzle, but I'll get you ready in a minute."},{"start":119.65,"end":119.79,"text":"Okay."},{"start":119.93,"end":120.29,"text":"Okay."},{"start":122.4,"end":127.75,"text":"Well, it starts about 8.15."},{"start":128.89,"end":130.47,"text":"Why don't you go into it first?"},{"start":130.53,"end":138.14,"text":"When you finish his dad meeting, I'll give you a ring about nine o'clock, okay?"}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":91.26,"end":169,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Charles W. Colson briefly discuss the scheduling and coordination of an upcoming staff meeting. The conversation serves primarily as a logistical check-in to align their respective agendas prior to the session. Nixon expresses his desire to review specific items with Colson before the morning proceedings commence.","topics":["Staff meeting","Scheduling","White House operations","Logistics"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:47:38.919Z"},"topicSlugs":["staff-meeting","scheduling","white-house-operations","logistics"],"audioDurationSec":81,"audioFiles":[{"file":"294-003-splice.mp3","bytes":1291956,"durationSec":80.72,"bitrate":128045,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-10-27T04:37:36.154Z","originalFilename":["294a.mp3","294b.mp3","294c.mp3","294d.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["294a.mp3"],"cutStart":89.76,"cutEnd":170.5,"adjustedStart":89.76,"adjustedEnd":170.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-10-27T04:37:36.154Z"},"transcriptPrev":{"segments":7,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T14:14:25.743Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/294-003-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/294-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/294/conversation-294-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}