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.
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 AidConversation 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
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