Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 22 › Conversation 022-085

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

Wednesday, April 5, 1972 · 11:39 AM–11:43 AM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation022-085 on Tape 22 (tape position 03:24:11–03:24:18)StartWednesday, April 5, 1972 at 11:39 AMEndWednesday, April 5, 1972 at 11:43 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 022-085 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417193135 ↗

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NARA Description

On April 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 11:43 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-085 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 22-85

Date: April 5, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:39 am and 11:43 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 330-14]

     Request for call to Charles W. Colson

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Coulson, please.
Yes, sir.

Also recorded on April 5, 1972

  • 330-014 11:39 AM · 32 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 11:39 am and 11:43 am.
  • 022-086 11:43 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 11:43 am to 11:44 am.
  • 330-015 11:43 AM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:43 am to 11:44 am.
  • 330-016 11:44 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry M. ("Scoop") Jackson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:44 am and 11:45 am.
  • 330-017 11:45 AM · 38 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 11:45 am to 12:23 pm.
  • 330-018 12:23 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:23 pm and 1:32 pm.
  • 330-019 12:23 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:23 pm and 1:32 pm.
  • 330-020 12:23 PM · 53 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 12:23 pm and 1:32 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 022-085, April 5, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417193135). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-085 (accessed November 15, 2026).