Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 22 › Conversation 022-058

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

Thursday, March 30, 1972 · 7:26 PM–7:33 PM ET · White House Telephone ·4 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation022-058 onTape 22 (tape position 02:18:46–02:18:50)StartThursday, March 30, 1972 at 7:26 PMEndThursday, March 30, 1972 at 7:33 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 022-058 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to connect him with Charles W. Colson. The brief communication served exclusively as a logistical request to initiate this specific telephone connection. No substantive policy matters or further instructions were recorded during this brief exchange.

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NARA Description

On March 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:26 pm and 7:33 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-058 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 22-58

Date: March 30, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:26 pm and 7:33 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for call to Charles W. Colson

Also recorded on March 31, 1972

  • 022-055 7:16 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 7:16 pm to 7:20 pm.
  • 022-056 7:20 PM · 3 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:20 pm and 7:22 pm.
  • 022-057 7:22 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 7:22 pm to 7:26 pm.
  • 022-059 7:26 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:26 pm and 7:33 pm.
  • 022-060 7:33 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 7:33 pm to 7:45 pm.
  • 022-061 7:45 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:45 pm and 8:02 pm.
  • 022-062 8:02 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 8:02 pm to 8:07 pm.
  • 699-001 10:13 AM · 1 hr — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Manolo Sanchez, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:13 am to 11:14 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 022-058, March 31, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-058 (accessed September 18, 2026).