President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with Special Counsel Charles W. Colson. This brief administrative interaction served as the necessary logistical step to initiate a subsequent high-level consultation. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this specific exchange.
On March 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:15 pm and 5:21 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 021-115 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 21-115 Date: March 20, 1972 Time: Unknown between 5:15 pm and 5:21 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 324-11] Request for a call to Charles W. Colson
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.