President Richard Nixon and special counsel Charles Colson held a brief telephone discussion to review political strategy and internal administration matters. The conversation focused on ongoing operational concerns and potential actions required to address political challenges facing the White House. No specific, conclusive outcomes were recorded for this exchange beyond the continued coordination between the two men on sensitive political objectives.
On July 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 3:02 pm to 3:16 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 027-024 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 27-24
Date: July 20, 1972
Time: 3:02 pm - 3:16 pm
(rev. Feb-02)
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Charles W. Colson.
[See Conversation No. 349-11]
[Unintelligible]No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.