Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 21 › Conversation 021-005
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles W. Colson
Monday, March 6, 1972 · 7:15 PM–7:36 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to initiate a telephone call with his special counsel, Charles W. Colson. The brief communication served primarily as an administrative request to connect the two men for a private discussion. No further substantive policy matters were addressed during this specific exchange.
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NARA Description
On March 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:15 pm and 7:36 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 21-5
Date: March 6, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:15 pm and 7:36 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to Charles W. ColsonAlso recorded on March 7, 1972
- 021-004 7:14 PM · 45 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 7:14 pm to 7:15 pm.
- 021-006 7:36 PM · 26 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 7:36 pm to 8:02 pm.
- 021-007 8:23 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 8:23 pm to 8:28 pm.
- 679-001 7:55 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 7:55 am to 8:03 am.
- 679-016 8:03 AM · 32 sec — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:03 am and 9:58 am.
- 094-001 8:04 AM · 1 hr 57 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, Elliot Richardson, and Republican Congressional leaders, including Charls E. Walker, Hugh Scott, Robert P. Griffin, Gordon L. Allott, Norris Cotton, Margaret Chase Smith, Peter H. Dominick, Wallace F. Bennett, Gerald R. Ford, Leslie C. Arends, John B. Anderson, Barber B. Conable, Jr., Richard H. Poff, Robert C. ("Bob") Wilson, John J. Rhodes, H. Allen Smith, Samuel L. Devine, John W. Byrnes, Robert J. Dole, John D. Ehrlichman, George P. Shultz, Clark MacGregor, William E. Timmons, Herbert G. Klein, Harry S. Dent, Thomas C. Korologos, Ronald L. Ziegler, Noel C. Koch, and Richard K. Cook, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 8:04 am to 9:58 am.
- 021-008 9:58 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:58 am and 10:57 am.
- 679-002 9:58 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. Allen Smith, Clark MacGregor, and William E. Timmons met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:58 am to 10:02 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 021-005, March 7, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/021-005 (accessed October 12, 2026).