Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 24 › Conversation 024-068
Colson phone call on Vietnam War and Public opinion polling
Wednesday, May 10, 1972 · 4:04 PM–4:25 PM ET · White House Telephone · 27 sec
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On May 10, 1972, Charles W. Colson, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:04 pm and 4:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-068 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 24-68
Date: May 10, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:04 pm and 4:25 pm
Location: White House Telephone
Charles W. Colson talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 337-28/339-1F]
Request for a call to his office
Colson talked with an unknown woman at an unknown time.
Vietnam
-Poll results
-Albert E. Sindlinger poll
-Opinion Research Corporation [ORC] poll
-Fact sheets
-Steven S. Karalekas
-Delivery to ColsonTranscript (AI-generated)
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- 337-027 3:59 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:59 pm and 4:00 pm.
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- 024-069 4:25 PM · 8 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:25 pm and 4:45 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 024-068, May 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 646314452). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-068 (accessed November 12, 2026).