{"conversationCode":"301-023","tapeNumber":301,"conversationNumber":23,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-301-023","startDateTime":"1971-11-03T20:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-03T20:01:00.000Z","startDate":"3-Nov-1971","startTime":"3:00 PM","endDate":"3-Nov-1971","endTime":"3:01 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.;","description":"On November 3, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:00 pm to 3:01 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 301-023 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. 301-23\n\nDate: November 3, 1971\nTime: 3:00 pm - 3:01 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Charles W. Colson.\n\n[See Conversation No. 13-104]","filename":["301-023.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:29:48","tapeEnd":"04:30:46","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Colson, Charles W."],"prevCode":"301-022","nextCode":"301-024","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":12.9,"text":"Uh, hello."},{"start":12.92,"end":15.66,"text":"You finish your meeting yet?"},{"start":16.07,"end":16.17,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":16.19,"end":16.29,"text":"Good."},{"start":16.31,"end":16.55,"text":"That's good."},{"start":16.57,"end":16.67,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":16.69,"end":17.23,"text":"Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no."},{"start":17.25,"end":17.97,"text":"You've got to sit and hold her hand."},{"start":17.99,"end":19.05,"text":"Well, you'll have to go over a couple things then."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Charles Colson held a brief, informal check-in to confirm the conclusion of an earlier meeting. During the short exchange, Nixon emphasized the need for Colson to provide personal support to an unnamed individual, suggesting he must \"sit and hold her hand.\" The two agreed to review several outstanding matters following this interaction.","topics":["Staff management","Personnel","White House operations","Administrative strategy"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:09:40.854Z"},"topicSlugs":["staff-management","personnel","white-house-operations","administrative-strategy"],"audioDurationSec":19,"audioFiles":[{"file":"301-023.mp3","bytes":773015,"durationSec":19.18,"bitrate":322405,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.956Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/301-023.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/301-023","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/301/conversation-301-023","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}