Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 20 › Conversation 020-014
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House operator
Monday, January 31, 1972 · 9:21 PM–9:49 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an urgent communication with special counsel Charles W. Colson. The brief exchange served exclusively to initiate this administrative request for a phone connection. No further policy discussions or significant decisions were recorded during this brief interaction.
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NARA Description
On January 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:21 pm and 9:49 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 020-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 20-14
Date: February 1, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:21 pm and 9:49 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to Charles W. ColsonAlso recorded on February 1, 1972
- 020-011 7:26 PM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 7:26 pm to 7:27 pm.
- 020-012 7:44 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:44 pm.
- 020-013 8:00 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 8:00 pm to 8:04 pm.
- 662-001 9:33 AM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:33 am to 9:35 am.
- 662-002 9:39 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:39 am to 9:45 am.
- 662-003 9:45 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:45 am and 10:03 am.
- 662-004 10:03 AM · 1 hr 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William F. ("Billy") Graham, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Rose Mary Woods, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:03 am to 11:37 am.
- 662-005 11:39 AM · 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:39 am to 11:52 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 020-014, February 1, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/020-014 (accessed October 12, 2026).