Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 19 › Conversation 019-174

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

Sunday, January 30, 1972 · 4:57 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation019-174 on Tape 19StartSunday, January 30, 1972 at 4:57 PMEndSunday, January 30, 1972 at 4:57 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 019-174 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to Special Counsel Charles W. Colson. The brief exchange focused solely on establishing this connection for the President. No further substantive matters were discussed during this request.

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Call some police.

NARA Description

On January 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:57 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-174 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 19-174

Date: January 30, 1972
Time: 4:57 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

Also recorded on January 30, 1972

  • 019-170 4:35 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:35 pm and 4:53 pm.
  • 019-171 4:35 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:35 pm and 4:53 pm.
  • 019-172 4:53 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 4:53 pm to 4:56 pm.
  • 019-173 4:56 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:56 pm.
  • 019-175 4:57 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 4:57 pm to 5:03 pm.
  • 019-176 5:07 PM · 18 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 5:07 pm to 5:24 pm.
  • 019-177 5:24 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:24 pm and 5:26 pm.
  • 019-178 5:26 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz talked on the telephone from 5:26 pm to 5:29 pm.

All 11 conversations from January 30, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 019-174, January 30, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-174 (accessed October 12, 2026).