Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 17 › Conversation 017-003
Colson phone call on Jane Muskie and Media monitoring
Thursday, December 23, 1971 · 1:26 PM–2:40 PM ET · White House Telephone · 37 sec
AI Summary
Charles W. Colson contacted his office staff to request immediate retrieval and delivery of specific media coverage regarding Jane F. Muskie. He directed an aide to clip articles from the 'People' sections of current issues of Time and Newsweek that featured Mrs. Muskie in New Hampshire. The materials were to be hand-delivered to Colson by Manolo Sanchez.
- Jane Muskie
- Media monitoring
- Charles Colson
- Newsweek
- Time magazine
- New Hampshire
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NARA Description
On December 23, 1971, Charles W. Colson and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:26 pm and 2:40 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-003 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 17-3
Date: December 23, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:26 pm and 2:40 pm
Location: Oval Office
Charles W. Colson talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 310-17A]
Call to his office
Colson talked with Joan Hall [?].
[See Conversation No. 310-17A]
Jane F. (Gray) Muskie
-Time and Newsweek
-"People" section of current issue
-Feature on Mrs. Muskie in New Hampshire
-Delivery of articles by Manolo SanchezAlso recorded on December 23, 1971
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- 310-017 1:40 PM · 1 hr 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, White House operator, Joan Hall, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:40 pm to 2:40 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 017-003, December 23, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-003 (accessed October 11, 2026).