Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 22 › Conversation 022-012

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

Friday, March 24, 1972 · 9:45 AM–12:54 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation022-012 on Tape 22 (tape position 00:33:55–00:34:02)StartFriday, March 24, 1972 at 9:45 AMEndFriday, March 24, 1972 at 12:54 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 022-012 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to place a telephone call to his special counsel, Charles W. Colson. The exchange serves solely as a logistical task to facilitate communication between the President and a key advisor. No substantive policy matters or decisions were discussed during this brief administrative interaction.

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Mr. Colson, please.

NARA Description

On March 24, 1972, 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. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-012 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 22-12

Date: March 24, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:45 am and 12:54 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 326-15]

     Request for call to Charles W. Colson

Also recorded on March 24, 1972

  • 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.
  • 326-005 9:45 AM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:45 am and 9:50 am.
  • 326-006 9:45 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:45 am and 9:50 am.
  • 326-007 9:45 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:45 am and 9:50 am.
  • 326-008 9:50 AM · 50 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:50 am to 10:45 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 022-012, 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/022-012 (accessed October 2, 2026).