{"conversationCode":"656-025","tapeNumber":656,"conversationNumber":25,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-656-025","startDateTime":"1972-01-26T19:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-26T19:00:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Jan-1972","startTime":"2:00 PM","endDate":"26-Jan-1972","endTime":"2:00 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Colson, Charles W.;","description":"On January 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House at 2:00 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 656-025 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. 656-25\n\nDate: January 26, 1972\nTime: 2:00 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator and requested a call to Charles W. Colson.\n\n[See Conversation No. 19-106]","filename":["656-025.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:19:29","tapeEnd":"03:20:01","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Colson, Charles W."],"prevCode":"656-024","nextCode":"656-026","transcript":[{"start":0.2,"end":1.32,"text":"Doreen Colson, please."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his special counsel, Charles W. Colson. The brief exchange served as an administrative bridge to initiate direct communication between the President and Colson. No substantive policy matters were addressed during this initial operator-assisted call setup.","topics":["Presidential communication","Charles W. Colson","White House operations","Administrative protocol"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T02:00:23.104Z"},"topicSlugs":["presidential-communication","charles-w-colson","white-house-operations","administrative-protocol"],"audioDurationSec":4,"audioFiles":[{"file":"656-025.mp3","bytes":179509,"durationSec":4.36,"bitrate":329472,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.664Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/656-025.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/656-025","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/656/conversation-656-025","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}