{"conversationCode":"307-018","tapeNumber":307,"conversationNumber":18,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-307-018","startDateTime":"1971-12-08T20:30:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-08T20:39:00.000Z","startDate":"8-Dec-1971","startTime":"3:30 PM","endDate":"8-Dec-1971","endTime":"3:39 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.;","description":"On December 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:30 pm to 3:39 pm. 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(President)","Colson, Charles W."],"prevCode":"307-017","nextCode":"307-019","transcript":[{"start":2.87,"end":25.21,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":25.23,"end":25.43,"text":"Uh, Chuck."},{"start":25.45,"end":27.66,"text":"Mitchell, uh, uh, just on the whole of it, Mitchell is, you know, pressing to get a decision on a small thing."},{"start":27.68,"end":29.82,"text":"And, uh, he has, um, cautioned on it, you know, on the first day for a thing, and they both leave doing it."},{"start":29.84,"end":31.42,"text":"Now, uh, I, uh, just wondered what your latest view on what kind of senator is."},{"start":33.63,"end":56.64,"text":"But he wants it now, huh?"},{"start":56.66,"end":56.76,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":56.78,"end":57.26,"text":"He's talking about that."},{"start":57.28,"end":59.78,"text":"I understand it's not true that they can see this, but what Mitchell's talking about is putting it on Chris's list."},{"start":59.8,"end":62.3,"text":"I know, I think everybody would, but I'm going to talk to Mitchell again about it when he's told me."},{"start":62.87,"end":75.98,"text":"I have."},{"start":78.73,"end":85.21,"text":"I'll try again."},{"start":85.23,"end":85.64,"text":"I'll try once again."},{"start":85.66,"end":85.89,"text":"I'll say it."},{"start":85.92,"end":86.23,"text":"I'll look at it."},{"start":86.25,"end":86.7,"text":"I must throw a bullet."},{"start":86.72,"end":87.12,"text":"It won't work."},{"start":87.14,"end":87.92,"text":"That's enough of it."},{"start":87.94,"end":88.14,"text":"That's it."},{"start":88.16,"end":88.5,"text":"That's it."},{"start":88.52,"end":88.76,"text":"That's it."},{"start":89.02,"end":89.22,"text":"That's it."},{"start":91.49,"end":112.24,"text":"effect on people that are involved in labor."},{"start":113.86,"end":115.64,"text":"You know, they don't know what to do."},{"start":115.66,"end":116.2,"text":"They don't know what to do."},{"start":116.22,"end":116.77,"text":"They don't know what to do."},{"start":116.78,"end":117.33,"text":"They don't know what to do."},{"start":117.35,"end":117.89,"text":"They don't know what to do."},{"start":117.91,"end":118.45,"text":"They don't know what to do."},{"start":118.47,"end":119.57,"text":"They don't know what to do."},{"start":119.59,"end":120.13,"text":"They don't know what to do."},{"start":120.15,"end":120.69,"text":"They don't know what to do."},{"start":121.24,"end":135.27,"text":"Take a crack at it."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Charles Colson confer regarding pressure from Attorney General John Mitchell to expedite a decision on a sensitive political appointment or matter involving a potential senator. Nixon expresses hesitation about the proposed course of action, indicating he intends to consult with Mitchell personally to resolve the impasse. The discussion underscores internal administration friction and the uncertainty surrounding personnel strategy and its broader political implications.","topics":["John Mitchell","Personnel appointments","Political strategy","White House decision-making","Senate"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:19:19.102Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-mitchell","personnel-appointments","political-strategy","white-house-decision-making","senate"],"audioDurationSec":140,"audioFiles":[{"file":"307-018.mp3","bytes":5597309,"durationSec":139.8,"bitrate":320309,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.956Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:18.807Z","transcriptGapSeconds":66,"transcriptGapShare":0.47,"transcriptQuality":"incomplete","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/307-018.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/307-018","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/307/conversation-307-018","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). 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