{"conversationCode":"342-026","tapeNumber":342,"conversationNumber":26,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-342-026","startDateTime":"1972-06-20T18:16:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-06-20T18:17:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Jun-1972","startTime":"2:16 PM","endDate":"20-Jun-1972","endTime":"2:17 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.;","description":"On June 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:16 pm to 2:17 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 342-026 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. 342-26\n\nDate: June 20, 1972\nTime: 2:16-2:17 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President talked with Charles W. Colson.\n\f[See Conversation No. 25-85]","filename":["342-026.mp3"],"tapeStart":"05:13:31","tapeEnd":"05:13:51","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Colson, Charles W."],"prevCode":"342-025","nextCode":"342-027","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":1.6,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":4.55,"end":4.85,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":4.93,"end":8.29,"text":"Are you and your officer out?"},{"start":8.31,"end":8.47,"text":"Oh yeah."},{"start":8.49,"end":10.82,"text":"Do you want to step over, please?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Charles Colson coordinate a brief, private meeting to discuss sensitive matters following the recent Watergate break-in. The participants verify the security of their current location before Colson is summoned to the President's office. This brief exchange serves primarily as a procedural arrangement to facilitate a confidential in-person consultation.","topics":["Watergate","White House security","Presidential communication","Charles Colson","Executive procedure"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T16:12:59.741Z"},"topicSlugs":["watergate","white-house-security","presidential-communication","charles-colson","executive-procedure"],"audioDurationSec":11,"audioFiles":[{"file":"342-026.mp3","bytes":436574,"durationSec":10.78,"bitrate":324017,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.538Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/342-026.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/342-026","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/342/conversation-342-026","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}