Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 3 › Conversation 003-131

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles W. Colson

Wednesday, May 26, 1971 · 2:19 PM–2:20 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; [Unknown person(s)]Conversation003-131 on Tape 3 (tape position 03:18:01–03:18:09)StartWednesday, May 26, 1971 at 2:19 PMEndWednesday, May 26, 1971 at 2:20 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 003-131 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417188501 ↗

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On May 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:19 pm and 2:20 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-131 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 003-131

Date: May 26, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:19 pm and 2:20 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 253-011]

The President conferred with an unknown person.

     President's schedule

[End of conferral]

     Call to Charles W. Colson

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315.
Yes, please.
Colson, please.
Thank you.
  • 003-130 2:17 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Edward J. Kiernan talked on the telephone from 2:17 pm to 2:19 pm.
  • 253-010 2:17 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and Edward J. Kiernan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:17 pm and 2:19 pm.
  • 253-011 2:19 PM · 6 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 2:19 pm and 2:20 pm.
  • 003-132 2:20 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 2:20 pm to 2:21 pm.
  • 253-012 2:20 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:20 pm to 2:21 pm.
  • 003-133 2:21 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:21 pm and 3:12 pm.
  • 253-013 2:21 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John D. Ehrlichman, and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:21 pm and 3:12 pm.
  • 253-014 2:21 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:21 pm and 3:12 pm.

Conversation 003-131, May 26, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417188501). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-131 (accessed November 2, 2026).