{"conversationCode":"322-006","tapeNumber":322,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-322-006","startDateTime":"1972-02-29T19:51:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-02-29T19:53:00.000Z","startDate":"29-Feb-1972","startTime":"2:51 PM","endDate":"29-Feb-1972","endTime":"2:53 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.;","description":"On February 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:51 pm to 2:53 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 322-006 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 322-6\n\nDate: February 29, 1972\nTime: 2:51 pm - 2:53 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Charles W. Colson.\n\n[See Conversation No. 20-118]","filename":["322-006.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:04:50","tapeEnd":"00:05:56","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Colson, Charles W."],"prevCode":"322-005","nextCode":"322-007","transcript":[{"start":2.43,"end":9.34,"text":"Hello."},{"start":11.98,"end":14.63,"text":"Yeah, yeah."},{"start":14.65,"end":17.68,"text":"So, what, did you survive?"},{"start":17.7,"end":25.73,"text":"I did have a minute here before I had to get into ."},{"start":25.75,"end":26.19,"text":"But I'll be back and ."},{"start":27.11,"end":49.26,"text":"I've been in trouble for years, for the last three years, and nobody tells me what's going on."},{"start":49.28,"end":50.16,"text":"Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah."},{"start":50.18,"end":54.53,"text":"I guess, uh, call me back in five minutes."},{"start":54.55,"end":54.91,"text":"Just five minutes."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Charles W. Colson engaged in a brief, informal check-in regarding the pressures of the administration. The exchange reflects a moment of frustration regarding internal communication and the constant state of political crisis. They agreed to reconnect in five minutes to address more substantive matters.","topics":["Political strategy","White House internal operations","Staff communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:57:43.232Z"},"topicSlugs":["political-strategy","white-house-internal-operations","staff-communication"],"audioDurationSec":55,"audioFiles":[{"file":"322-006.mp3","bytes":2200346,"durationSec":54.87,"bitrate":320787,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:41.568Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/322-006.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/322-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/322/conversation-322-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}