Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 343 › Conversation 343-041
Nixon & Colson on White House administration and Watergate aftermath
Monday, June 26, 1972 · 2:23 PM–2:24 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building
AI Summary
President Nixon held a brief one-minute meeting with Charles W. Colson to address urgent administrative matters. While the lack of a transcript obscures the specific substance of the dialogue, the encounter reflects the ongoing private consultations between Nixon and his special counsel during the post-Watergate break-in period. No significant policy decisions were documented during this short exchange.
- White House administration
- Charles W. Colson
- Watergate aftermath
- Executive communication
Audio
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On June 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:23 pm to 2:24 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 343-041 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 343-41 Date: June 26, 1972 Time: 2:23-2:24 pm Location: Old Executive Office Building The President talked with Charles W. Colson. [See Conversation No. 26-10]
Also recorded on June 26, 1972
- 343-038 1:25 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and 2:23 pm.
- 343-039 1:25 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and 2:23 pm.
- 343-040 1:25 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:25 pm and 2:23 pm.
- 026-010 2:23 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 2:23 pm to 2:24 pm.
- 343-042 2:25 PM · 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:25 pm to 3:00 pm.
- 742-017 3:03 PM — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 3:03 pm to 3:05 pm.
- 103-005 3:05 PM · 32 min — Richard M. Nixon and national veteran leaders, including James Straubel, James Q. Wilson, Raymond L. Bramucci, Joe F. Ramsey, Jr., Claude L. Callegary, Robert W. Nolan, Jerome A. Cohen, H. Lynn Cavin, Brig. Gen. J. Paul Holland, Lt. Gen. Herman Nickerson, Jr., Maj. Gen. James F. Cantwell, Capt. Leslie W. Willig, Thomas E. Morris, Carlos Rodriguez, J. B. Koch, Floyd Henderson, Cooper Holt, William Hauck, Francis Fini, and Donald Harlow, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 3:05 pm and 3:41 pm.
- 742-018 3:41 PM — President Richard M. Nixon, Herbert Stein, George P. Shultz, John D. Ehrlichman, Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, and Clark MacGregor met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:41 pm and 5:23 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 343-041, June 26, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/343-041 (accessed September 18, 2026).