Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 22 › Conversation 022-083

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

Wednesday, April 5, 1972 · 9:59 AM ET · White House Telephone ·5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation022-083 onTape 22 (tape position 03:16:34–03:16:39)StartWednesday, April 5, 1972 at 9:59 AMEndWednesday, April 5, 1972 at 9:59 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 022-083 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief telephone request for the White House operator to connect him with Charles W. Colson. This communication serves as a logistical step to facilitate a subsequent conversation between the President and his special counsel. No further substantive policy matters or decisions were addressed during this short exchange.

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Colson, please.
Thank you, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On April 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:59 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-083 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 22-83

Date: April 5, 1972
Time: 9:59 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 330-10]

     Request for call to Charles W.Colson

Also recorded on April 5, 1972

  • 330-008 9:55 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:55 am and 9:57 am.
  • 022-081 9:56 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:56 am.
  • 022-082 9:57 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 9:57 am to 9:58 am.
  • 330-009 9:57 AM · 40 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:57 am to 9:58 am.
  • 330-010 9:58 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:58 am and 10:00 am.
  • 330-011 9:58 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:58 am and 10:00 am.
  • 022-084 10:00 AM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone from 10:00 am to 10:05 am.
  • 330-012 10:00 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:00 am to 10:05 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 022-083, April 5, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-083 (accessed September 18, 2026).