Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 22 › Conversation 022-030

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

Monday, March 27, 1972 · 12:59 PM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation022-030 on Tape 22 (tape position 01:06:58–01:07:11)StartMonday, March 27, 1972 at 12:59 PMEndMonday, March 27, 1972 at 12:59 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 022-030 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417193025 ↗

A 13-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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NARA Description

On March 27, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:59 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-030 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 22-30

Date: March 27, 1972
Time: 12:59 pm

Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 328-5]

     Request for call to Charles W. Colson
         -Colson’s location

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Yes, please.
Operator, would you check to see if Mr. Coulson is in his office?
I'd like to talk to him if he's there, but I don't want to talk to him if he's on the Hill.
Fine, Mr. President.
All right.
Now call me back.
I surely will.

Also recorded on March 27, 1972

  • 328-005 12:59 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 12:59 pm.
  • 328-006 12:59 PM · 45 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 12:59 pm and 1:05 pm.
  • 022-031 1:05 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 1:05 pm to 1:09 pm.
  • 328-007 1:05 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:05 pm to 1:09 pm.
  • 328-008 1:09 PM · 5 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 1:09 pm and 2:15 pm.
  • 328-009 1:09 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:09 pm and 2:15 pm.
  • 328-010 1:09 PM · 10 sec — 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 1:09 pm and 2:15 pm.
  • 328-011 1:09 PM · 6 sec — unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:09 pm and 2:15 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 022-030, March 27, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417193025). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-030 (accessed November 15, 2026).