Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 24 › Conversation 024-101

Colson & Holm

Monday, May 15, 1972 · 7:07 PM–7:37 PM ET · White House Telephone · 36 sec

ParticipantsColson, Charles W.; White House operator; Holm, HollyConversation024-101 on Tape 24 (tape position 01:59:45–02:00:22)StartMonday, May 15, 1972 at 7:07 PMEndMonday, May 15, 1972 at 7:37 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 024-101 ↗

Charles W. Colson contacted his office staff to coordinate logistics for his wife, Patricia Colson, to join him at the White House. He instructed his assistant, Holly Holm, to arrange transportation for his wife so she could arrive by 8:15 p.m. This adjustment was necessitated by a last-minute meeting with the President that prevented Colson from dining at home.

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That's Mr. Coulson.
May I have my office, please?
Thank you.
Mr. Coulson's office.
Holly, would you call my wife and tell her that...
Or you better send a car out for her and have her here at 815.
I'm meeting with the president, so I won't be able to eat at home.
Okay.
And just tell her what's happened.
Okay.
Okay?
Okay.

On May 15, 1972, Charles W. Colson, White House operator, and Holly Holm talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:07 pm and 7:37 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-101 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 24-101

Date: May 15, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:07 pm and 7:37 pm
Location: White House Telephone

Charles W. Colson talked with the White House operator.

     Request for a call to office

Colson talked with Holly Holm at an unknown time.

     Request for a call to Patricia Colson
         -Car
                -Time
         -Charles W. Colson's schedule
  • 024-095 6:45 PM · 6 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and James J. Rowley talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:45 pm and 7:07 pm.
  • 024-096 6:45 PM · 2 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:45 pm and 7:07 pm.
  • 024-099 7:07 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:07 pm.
  • 024-100 7:07 PM · 3 min — Thomas J. Kelley, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:07 pm and 7:37 pm.
  • 024-102 7:07 PM · 56 sec — Charles W. Colson, White House operator, unknown person(s), and Kenneth W. Clawson talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:07 pm and 7:37 pm.
  • 024-104 7:07 PM · 11 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:07 pm and 7:37 pm.
  • 024-105 7:07 PM · 13 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:07 pm and 7:37 pm.
  • 024-106 7:07 PM · 18 sec — Richard G. Kleindienst, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, President Richard M. Nixon, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:07 pm and 7:37 pm.

Conversation 024-101, May 15, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-101 (accessed September 28, 2026).