{"conversationCode":"294-008","tapeNumber":294,"conversationNumber":8,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-294-008","startDateTime":"1971-11-18T15:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-18T15:55:00.000Z","startDate":"18-Nov-1971","startTime":"10:54 AM","endDate":"18-Nov-1971","endTime":"10:55 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 10:54 am to 10:55 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 294-008 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. 294-8\n\nDate: November 18, 1971\nTime: 10:54 am - 10:55 am\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Charles W. Colson.\n\n[See Conversation No. 15-26]","filename":["294-008-splice.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:38:33","tapeEnd":"01:38:50","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Colson, Charles W."],"prevCode":"294-007","nextCode":"294-009","tapeTranscriptFile":"294a.mp3,294b.mp3,294c.mp3,294d.mp3","transcript":[{"start":5933.59,"end":5933.97,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":5934.71,"end":5938.41,"text":"Are you free now, or are you busy?"},{"start":5938.51,"end":5946.34,"text":"All right."},{"start":5946.35,"end":5947.5,"text":"Mr. Herb Stein."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":5929.04,"end":5946,"startMethod":"llm-alignment","endMethod":"llm-alignment"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met briefly with Charles W. Colson to discuss scheduling or immediate availability for a follow-up conversation. The exchange appears to be a procedural check-in to determine if the President was occupied or ready to engage in further discussion. No substantive policy matters or specific directives were documented during this minute-long interaction.","topics":["Scheduling","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T13:48:07.265Z"},"topicSlugs":["scheduling","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":20,"audioFiles":[{"file":"294-008-splice.mp3","bytes":319783,"durationSec":19.96,"bitrate":128185,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:35.791Z","originalFilename":["294a.mp3","294b.mp3","294c.mp3","294d.mp3"],"spliceSource":{"spliceType":"bigtape","sourceFiles":["294a.mp3"],"cutStart":5927.54,"cutEnd":5947.5,"adjustedStart":5927.54,"adjustedEnd":5947.5,"boundaryMethod":"llm-alignment","confidence":"high","splicedAt":"2026-09-18T14:10:35.791Z"},"transcriptPrev":{"segments":2,"replacedAt":"2026-09-18T14:14:26.491Z"},"audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/294-008-splice.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/294-008","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/294/conversation-294-008","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}