{"conversationCode":"306-020","tapeNumber":306,"conversationNumber":20,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-306-020","startDateTime":"1971-11-29T23:22:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-11-29T23:28:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Nov-1971","startTime":"6:22 PM","endDate":"29-Nov-1971","endTime":"6:28 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.;","description":"On November 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:22 pm to 6:28 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 306-020 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. 306-20\n\nDate: November 29, 1971\nTime: 6:22 pm - 6:28 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Charles W. Colson.\n\n[See Conversation No. 15-173]","filename":["306-020.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:54:11","tapeEnd":"02:55:57","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Colson, Charles W."],"prevCode":"306-019","nextCode":"306-021","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":5.92,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":5.94,"end":17.98,"text":"On the tax checkoff, I think it's very important in the morning meeting area that somebody put in charge of that to be heard."},{"start":18,"end":18.8,"text":"Obviously, they're really working on it."},{"start":18.82,"end":22.64,"text":"It's all a business deal."},{"start":22.66,"end":23.12,"text":"It's a whole trade-off."},{"start":23.14,"end":26.27,"text":"Those Democrats, they've individually, of course, got to work on it."},{"start":26.29,"end":26.95,"text":"They're here to pronounce it."},{"start":30.04,"end":52.64,"text":"I don't know if Megan McGregor is on in New York and is working on it here, but then in addition on the PR side, somebody ought to be working on statements, on a fight back, get Agnes in on the trick."},{"start":52.66,"end":53.57,"text":"Anybody, you know, use all the money you can."},{"start":53.59,"end":54.95,"text":"And good God, why can't some of the Ken members sit on this one now?"},{"start":54.97,"end":55.47,"text":"Yeah, this is a purely..."},{"start":55.75,"end":69.39,"text":"I think you ought to get Romney in on this."},{"start":69.41,"end":71.29,"text":"Both of you ought to get in on it."},{"start":71.31,"end":76.74,"text":"They have both been in politics."},{"start":76.76,"end":77.42,"text":"Maybe Fitz ought to get in on it."},{"start":77.44,"end":80.86,"text":"But Romney and both of you."},{"start":80.88,"end":81.58,"text":"Richardson, he's a good politician."},{"start":81.6,"end":83.02,"text":"But let's be sure that the cabinet people really start pressing harder."},{"start":83.04,"end":84.43,"text":"I don't know what he's talking about here."},{"start":86.41,"end":86.73,"text":"Right."},{"start":98.4,"end":98.5,"text":"Good."},{"start":98.52,"end":98.62,"text":"Good."},{"start":98.64,"end":98.74,"text":"Good."},{"start":98.94,"end":99.04,"text":"Good."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Charles Colson strategize on how to manage legislative opposition regarding the tax checkoff provision, emphasizing the need for a coordinated public relations campaign. Nixon urges the administration to leverage cabinet members, specifically suggesting the involvement of George Romney and Elliot Richardson, to pressure political opponents. The discussion focuses on executing a robust 'fight back' strategy to influence the legislative trade-off through increased political mobilization.","topics":["Tax checkoff","Public relations","Political strategy","Cabinet management","Legislative lobbying"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:17:34.241Z"},"topicSlugs":["tax-checkoff","public-relations","political-strategy","cabinet-management","legislative-lobbying"],"audioDurationSec":99,"audioFiles":[{"file":"306-020.mp3","bytes":3965179,"durationSec":99,"bitrate":320410,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.956Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:18.641Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/306-020.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/306-020","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/306/conversation-306-020","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}