{"conversationCode":"362-009","tapeNumber":362,"conversationNumber":9,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-362-009","startDateTime":"1972-08-04T18:35:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-08-04T18:58:00.000Z","startDate":"4-Aug-1972","startTime":"2:35 PM","endDate":"4-Aug-1972","endTime":"2:58 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.; Buchanan, Patrick J.;","description":"On August 4, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Patrick J. Buchanan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:35 pm to 2:58 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 362-009 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 362-9\n\nDate: August 4, 1972\nTime: 2:35 pm - 2:58 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Charles W. Colson.\n\n            Meeting with Patrick J. Buchanan\n\n            Colson’s previous conversation with Richard M. Scammon\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 7m 44s     ]\n\nBuchanan entered at 2:36 pm.\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n            The President's previous meeting with Kenneth S. Rietz and youth group\n            representatives of the Committee for the Reelection of the President\n                -The President’s view\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 11m 9s     ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nColson and Buchanan left at 2:58 pm.","filename":["362-009.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Colson, Charles W.","Buchanan, Patrick J."],"prevCode":"362-008","nextCode":"362-010","transcript":[{"start":0.4,"end":1.93,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":1.95,"end":7.52,"text":"I'll go ahead if you can and come in over to that door."},{"start":8.19,"end":8.41,"text":"No regrets?"},{"start":8.43,"end":11.11,"text":"Good scams this morning."},{"start":11.13,"end":11.8,"text":"It was very interesting."},{"start":37.41,"end":37.84,"text":"Please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Charles W. Colson and Patrick J. Buchanan to discuss political strategy and administrative coordination during the 1972 reelection campaign. The participants reviewed Colson’s recent interactions with political analyst Richard M. Scammon and analyzed the President’s earlier meeting with youth representatives from the Committee for the Reelection of the President. The dialogue focused on campaign outreach efforts and assessments of the current political landscape.","topics":["1972 Presidential Campaign","Committee for the Reelection of the President","Youth Outreach","Political Strategy","Richard M. Scammon"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T16:56:30.682Z"},"topicSlugs":["1972-presidential-campaign","committee-for-the-reelection-of-the-president","youth-outreach","political-strategy","richard-m-scammon"],"audioDurationSec":51,"audioFiles":[{"file":"362-009.mp3","bytes":1231933,"durationSec":51.25,"bitrate":192289,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:44.874Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:43:26.900Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/362-009.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/362-009","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/362/conversation-362-009","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}