Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 21 › Conversation 021-061

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

Monday, March 13, 1972 · 6:28 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation021-061 on Tape 21 (tape position 02:20:12–02:20:19)StartMonday, March 13, 1972 at 6:28 PMEndMonday, March 13, 1972 at 6:28 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 021-061 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 646310122 ↗

A 6-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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Position in tape (archivists' log): 02:20:12 – 02:20:19

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NARA Description

On March 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 6:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-061 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 21-61

Date: March 13, 1972
Time: 6:28 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 323-13]

     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

Transcript (AI-generated)

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Also recorded on March 13, 1972

  • 021-060 6:22 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 6:22 pm to 6:28 pm.
  • 323-012 6:22 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:22 pm to 6:28 pm.
  • 323-013 6:28 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 6:28 pm.
  • 021-062 6:29 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 6:29 pm to 6:34 pm.
  • 323-014 6:29 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:29 pm to 6:34 pm.
  • 323-015 6:34 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:34 pm and 8:09 pm.
  • 323-016 6:34 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:34 pm and 8:09 pm.
  • 323-017 6:34 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:34 pm and 8:09 pm.

All 56 conversations from March 13, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 021-061, March 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 646310122). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/021-061 (accessed November 2, 2026).