Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 18 › Conversation 018-063

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

Tuesday, January 11, 1972 · 12:21 PM–12:29 PM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation018-063 on Tape 18 (tape position 02:47:24–02:47:30)StartTuesday, January 11, 1972 at 12:21 PMEndTuesday, January 11, 1972 at 12:29 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 018-063 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief telephone call through the White House operator to connect with Special Counsel Charles W. Colson. The exchange serves solely as a logistical request to establish communication with a key staff member. No substantive policy discussions or decisions are recorded during this brief administrative interaction.

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Yes please.
Closen please.

NARA Description

On January 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:21 pm and 12:29 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-063 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 18-63

Date: January 11, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:21 pm and 12:29 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation no. 312-20]

     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

Also recorded on January 11, 1972

  • 645-005 12:16 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:16 pm to 12:21 pm.
  • 312-018 12:21 PM · 17 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 12:21 pm and 12:29 pm.
  • 312-019 12:21 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:21 pm and 12:29 pm.
  • 312-020 12:21 PM · 10 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 12:21 pm and 12:29 pm.
  • 645-006 12:21 PM · 36 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:21 pm and 11:59 pm.
  • 645-007 12:21 PM · 28 sec — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:21 pm and 11:59 pm.
  • 018-064 12:29 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 12:29 pm to 12:35 pm.
  • 312-021 12:29 PM · 1 hr 55 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:29 pm to 2:39 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 018-063, January 11, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-063 (accessed October 12, 2026).