{"conversationCode":"655-001","tapeNumber":655,"conversationNumber":1,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-655-001","startDateTime":"1972-01-25T14:18:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-25T14:19:00.000Z","startDate":"25-Jan-1972","startTime":"9:18 AM","endDate":"25-Jan-1972","endTime":"9:19 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.;","description":"On January 25, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:18 am to 9:19 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 655-001 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 655-1\n\nDate: January 25, 1972\nTime: 9:18 am - 9:19 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with Charles W. Colson.\n\n     The President’s schedule\n          -The President’s Vietnam peace proposal speech, January 25, 1972\n          -Meeting with Richard M. Scammon\n               -Postponement\n                      -Rescheduling\n                           -Colson and H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n               -Books written with Benjamin J. Wattenberg, The New Majority (1970)\n                      -The President’s reading","filename":["655-001.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:00:42","tapeEnd":"00:12:49","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Colson, Charles W."],"prevCode":"654-002","nextCode":"655-002","transcript":[{"start":0.19,"end":0.51,"text":"Hello."},{"start":0.53,"end":16.46,"text":"I want to tell you that we decided to do a television thing tonight, and so I wanted to put off our meeting with Scanlon today, but he could come tomorrow, so I don't know the next day, but just do work it out at home."},{"start":27.27,"end":33.67,"text":"because I like to just read my written books and a lot of written books and so forth and be able to talk to her sometimes."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Charles Colson briefly discussed rescheduling a meeting with political analyst Richard Scammon due to the President's upcoming television address regarding his Vietnam peace proposal. Nixon prioritized preparing for the broadcast and indicated a desire to review recent political literature, specifically referencing Scammon and Ben Wattenberg’s work, *The Real Majority*. Colson was tasked with coordinating the scheduling change to accommodate the President's agenda.","topics":["Vietnam peace proposal","Richard Scammon","The Real Majority","Scheduling","Public relations"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:57:37.223Z"},"topicSlugs":["vietnam-peace-proposal","richard-scammon","the-real-majority","scheduling","public-relations"],"audioDurationSec":58,"audioFiles":[{"file":"655-001.mp3","bytes":2318416,"durationSec":57.83,"bitrate":320722,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.977Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:44:14.139Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/655-001.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/655-001","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/655/conversation-655-001","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}