{"conversationCode":"656-006","tapeNumber":656,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-656-006","startDateTime":"1972-01-26T12:47:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-26T12:52:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Jan-1972","startTime":"7:47 AM","endDate":"26-Jan-1972","endTime":"7:52 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.;","description":"On January 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:47 am and 7:52 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 656-006 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. 656-6\n\nDate: January 26, 1972\n\nTime: Unknown between 7:47 am and 7:52 am\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Charles W. Colson.\n\n     Schedule\n          -H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman\n\nColson left [?] at an unknown time before 7:52 am.","filename":["656-006.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:06:59","tapeEnd":"00:07:52","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Colson, Charles W."],"prevCode":"656-005","nextCode":"656-007","transcript":[{"start":0.22,"end":2.6,"text":"We're not supposed to die in a hurry."},{"start":2.75,"end":4.33,"text":"It's time to get involved."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Charles W. Colson met briefly to discuss scheduling matters involving H. R. Haldeman. The conversation focused on the necessity of increasing political involvement and urgency in their upcoming agenda. No specific policy decisions were finalized during this brief exchange.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","Political strategy","White House scheduling","Administration priorities"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T01:58:35.238Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","political-strategy","white-house-scheduling","administration-priorities"],"audioDurationSec":8,"audioFiles":[{"file":"656-006.mp3","bytes":316391,"durationSec":7.76,"bitrate":325969,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.663Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/656-006.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/656-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/656/conversation-656-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}