{"conversationCode":"476-010","tapeNumber":476,"conversationNumber":10,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-476-010","startDateTime":"1971-04-09T15:28:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-04-09T15:31:00.000Z","startDate":"9-Apr-1971","startTime":"10:28 AM","endDate":"9-Apr-1971","endTime":"10:31 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.;","description":"On April 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:28 am to 10:31 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 476-010 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 476-10\n\nDate: April 9, 1971\nTime: 10:28 am - 10:31 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\n******************************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 04/17/2019.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[476-010-w001]\n[Duration: 38s]\n\nThe President talked with Charles W. Colson\n\n[See Conversation No. 1-57]\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\n******************************************************************************","filename":["476-010.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:44:22","tapeEnd":"01:46:17","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Colson, Charles W."],"prevCode":"476-009","nextCode":"476-011","transcript":[{"start":4.69,"end":14.02,"text":"I thought she was incredibly enjoyable."},{"start":17.14,"end":33.03,"text":"I had to sit there with all my friends and everything to give money to him without, and I didn't criticize him, but without saying what he did."},{"start":33.05,"end":34.48,"text":"I debated it, but I thought that these guys deserved that."},{"start":77.84,"end":85.81,"text":"And that's why, too, another reason why the S.S.D."},{"start":85.83,"end":86.49,"text":"is a little bit flattery."},{"start":86.51,"end":90.92,"text":"That's more important than all this other stuff."},{"start":91.12,"end":96.53,"text":"They've got to feel something about America as a whole in the world."},{"start":96.55,"end":96.93,"text":"Don't you think so?"},{"start":96.95,"end":98.99,"text":"They believe that."},{"start":99.01,"end":99.47,"text":"They believe that, too."},{"start":99.49,"end":99.83,"text":"Okay, thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Charles Colson discuss the importance of fostering patriotism among a specific group of supporters who have demonstrated financial loyalty to the administration. Nixon reflects on the necessity of ensuring these individuals feel a broader sense of commitment to America's global role, emphasizing that this psychological alignment outweighs other political concerns. The brief exchange concludes with an affirmation of their shared belief in the effectiveness of this approach to maintaining supporter morale.","topics":["Patriotism","Political Support","Fundraising","Public Relations","National Identity"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T21:37:53.039Z"},"topicSlugs":["patriotism","political-support","fundraising","public-relations","national-identity"],"audioDurationSec":101,"audioFiles":[{"file":"476-010.mp3","bytes":2431894,"durationSec":101.26,"bitrate":192138,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:48.988Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/476-010.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/476-010","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/476/conversation-476-010","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}