Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 22 › Conversation 022-066

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

Monday, April 3, 1972 · 11:49 AM–3:19 PM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation022-066 on Tape 22 (tape position 02:37:53–02:38:05)StartMonday, April 3, 1972 at 11:49 AMEndMonday, April 3, 1972 at 3:19 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 022-066 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an urgent connection to Charles W. Colson. This brief administrative exchange served solely to initiate communication with a key member of the President's staff. No substantive policy discussions or decisions occurred during this brief interaction.

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Mr. Coulson, please.
Yes, sir.
Trying to get Mr. Coulson.
Yeah.

NARA Description

On April 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:49 am and 3:19 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-066 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 22-66

Date: April 3, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:49 am and 3:19 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator

[See Conversation No. 328-33]

     Request for call to Charles W. Colson

Also recorded on April 3, 1972

  • 700-006 10:20 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:20 am and 10:23 am.
  • 700-007 10:23 AM · 1 hr 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:23 am to 11:35 am.
  • 022-064 11:39 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 11:46 am.
  • 700-008 11:39 AM · 1 min — United States Secret Service agents and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 4:27 pm.
  • 022-065 11:46 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 11:46 am to 11:49 am.
  • 328-024 11:49 AM · 16 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 11:49 am and 12:55 pm.
  • 328-025 12:55 PM · 30 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:55 pm to 1:28 pm.
  • 328-026 1:28 PM · 29 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 1:28 pm and 2:43 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 022-066, April 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-066 (accessed October 1, 2026).