Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 18 › Conversation 018-098

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

Tuesday, January 18, 1972 · 10:14 AM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation018-098 on Tape 18 (tape position 04:53:37–04:53:45)StartTuesday, January 18, 1972 at 10:14 AMEndTuesday, January 18, 1972 at 10:14 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 018-098 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to summon Special Counsel Charles W. Colson to the Oval Office for an immediate meeting. This brief administrative exchange served as a directive to facilitate a direct consultation between the President and one of his key political advisors. No further substantive details regarding the agenda for this meeting were captured in the recording.

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Yes, please.
Would you ask Mr. Colson to come in, please?
Yes, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On January 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:14 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-098 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 18-98

Date: January 18, 1972
Time: 10:14 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 650-5]

     Request for Charles W. Colson’s presence for meeting

Also recorded on January 18, 1972

  • 650-002 9:48 AM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:48 am to 10:05 am.
  • 650-003 10:07 AM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:07 am to 10:09 am.
  • 650-004 10:09 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:09 am and 10:14 am.
  • 650-005 10:14 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 10:14 am.
  • 650-006 10:17 AM · 1 hr 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Rose Mary Woods, unknown person(s), White House operator, and William L. Safire met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:17 am to 11:27 am.
  • 018-099 10:23 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:23 am and 10:55 am.
  • 018-100 10:55 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William L. Safire talked on the telephone from 10:55 am to 10:58 am.
  • 018-113 10:58 AM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:58 am and 12:33 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 018-098, January 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-098 (accessed September 29, 2026).