Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 145 › Conversation 145-007
Nixon phone call with Colson on 1972 Presidential Campaign
Saturday, September 30, 1972 · 2:51 PM–2:59 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 13 sec
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On September 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 2:51 pm to 2:59 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 145-007 of the White House Tapes.
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Conversation No. 145-7
Date: September 30, 1972
Time: 2:51 pm - 2:59 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table
Charles W. Colson talked with the President.
[This is the original beginning of conversation No. 145-007, which has been merged with
conversation 145-006.]
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 08/21/2018.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[145-007-w001]
[Duration: 7m 41s]
1972 campaign
-Polls
-Richard M. Scammon report
-Positive news for campaign
-Landslide
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Barry M. Goldwater
-George H. Gallup
-Thomas F. Eagleton
-Park Avenue apartment
-Thomas F. Eagleton
-George S. McGovern
-Watergate
-No movement for McGovern campaign
-Richard M. Scammon’s opinion
-Albert E. Sindlinger
-Louis Harris
-George H. Gallup
-Chicago
-Democrats for Richard M. Nixon
-Commercial
-George S. McGovern
-Welfare
-Democrats for Richard M. Nixon
-Effect on public
-Committee for the Reelection of the President
-Republican National Committee
-Democrats
-H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Ad strategy
-California
-Richard M. Scammon
-George S. McGovern
-Ad
-Welfare
-Amnesty
-Democratic convention
-George S. McGovern’s numbers
-The President's lead in polls
-Analysis
-The President’s opinion
-Ads
-H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-California
-Defense ad
-Michigan
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Also recorded on September 30, 1972
- 145-002 2:05 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:05 pm and 2:32 pm.
- 145-003 2:32 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 2:32 pm to 2:36 pm.
- 214-003 2:32 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 2:32 pm to 2:36 pm.
- 145-004 2:36 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:36 pm and 2:42 pm.
- 145-005 2:42 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 2:42 pm to 2:45 pm.
- 214-004 2:42 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 2:42 pm to 2:45 pm.
- 145-006 2:45 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 2:51 pm.
- 214-005 2:51 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 2:51 pm to 2:59 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 145-007, September 30, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417175407). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/145-007 (accessed October 30, 2026).