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 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417193097 ↗

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 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

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

Also recorded on April 3, 1972

  • 700-006 10:20 AM · 3 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 (NAID 417193097). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-066 (accessed November 15, 2026).