Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 22 › Conversation 022-032

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

Monday, March 27, 1972 · 7:48 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation022-032 on Tape 22 (tape position 01:12:12–01:12:24)StartMonday, March 27, 1972 at 7:48 PMEndMonday, March 27, 1972 at 7:48 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 022-032 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an urgent call to Charles W. Colson. During the brief interaction, the President sought to determine Colson's current location to facilitate the connection. This exchange served as a logistical coordination effort to initiate a private consultation between the two men.

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NARA Description

On March 27, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:48 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-032 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 22-32

Date: March 27, 1972
Time: 7:48 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for call to Charles W. Colson

     Colson’s location

Also recorded on March 28, 1972

  • 022-033 7:48 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:48 pm and 7:51 pm.
  • 022-034 7:51 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 7:51 pm to 8:04 pm.
  • 022-035 8:05 PM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 8:05 pm to 8:26 pm.
  • 097-002 7:30 AM · 1 hr 57 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Elliot L. Richardson, and Republican Congressional leaders, including Hugh Scott, Robert P. Griffin, Margaret Chase Smith, Norris Cotton, Gordon L. Allott, Peter H. Dominick, Gerald R. Ford, Leslie C. Arends, John B. Anderson, Barber B. Conable, Jr., Richard H. Poff, Robert C. ("Bob") Wilson, John J. Rhodes, H. Allen Smith, Samuel L. Devine, Robert J. Dole, George P. Shultz, Clark MacGregor, Harry S. Dent, William E. Timmons, Richard K. Cook, Thomas C. Korologos, Patrick J. Buchanan, Ronald L. Ziegler, Herbert Stein, and Noel C. Koch, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 7:30 am and 10:01 am.
  • 695-001 7:48 AM · 1 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:48 am and 10:19 am.
  • 097-003 10:01 AM — unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 10:01 am and 12:00 pm.
  • 695-002 10:19 AM · 51 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:19 am to 11:11 am.
  • 022-036 10:30 AM · 4 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Clark MacGregor, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:30 am and 5:30 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 022-032, March 28, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-032 (accessed October 1, 2026).