Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 22 › Conversation 022-008

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

Thursday, March 23, 1972 · 7:47 PM–7:53 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation022-008 on Tape 22 (tape position 00:15:07–00:15:15)StartThursday, March 23, 1972 at 7:47 PMEndThursday, March 23, 1972 at 7:53 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 022-008 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to his special counsel, Charles W. Colson. The brief communication served solely as a logistical request to initiate this connection. No substantive policy matters or tactical decisions were discussed during this exchange.

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Coulson, please.

NARA Description

On March 23, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:47 pm and 7:53 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-008 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 22-8

Date: March 23, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:47 pm and 7:53 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for call to Charles W. Colson

Also recorded on March 24, 1972

  • 022-007 7:41 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 7:41 pm to 7:47 pm.
  • 022-009 7:53 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 7:53 pm to 8:05 pm.
  • 022-010 9:18 AM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:18 am and 9:38 am.
  • 326-002 9:20 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:20 am and 9:38 am.
  • 326-003 9:20 AM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:20 am and 9:38 am.
  • 022-011 9:38 AM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 9:38 am to 9:45 am.
  • 326-004 9:38 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:38 am to 9:45 am.
  • 022-012 9:45 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:45 am and 12:54 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 022-008, March 24, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-008 (accessed October 12, 2026).