Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 23 › Conversation 023-064

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

Tuesday, April 25, 1972 · 1:39 PM–1:45 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation023-064 on Tape 23StartTuesday, April 25, 1972 at 1:39 PMEndTuesday, April 25, 1972 at 1:45 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 023-064 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Charles W. Colson. The brief exchange served as an administrative request to facilitate direct communication with his special counsel. No further substantive policy matters were discussed during this connection.

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Yes, please.
Carlton, please.
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

On April 25, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:39 pm and 1:45 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-064 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 23-64

Date: April 25, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:39 and 1:45 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 332-44]
     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

Also recorded on April 25, 1972

  • 023-062 1:33 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:33 pm and 1:38 pm.
  • 332-040 1:33 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:33 pm and 1:38 pm.
  • 332-041 1:33 PM · 36 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 1:33 pm and 1:38 pm.
  • 023-063 1:38 PM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 1:38 pm to 1:39 pm.
  • 332-042 1:38 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:38 pm to 1:39 pm.
  • 332-043 1:39 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 1:39 pm and 1:45 pm.
  • 332-044 1:39 PM · 18 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 1:39 pm and 1:45 pm.
  • 332-045 1:39 PM · 34 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 1:39 pm and 1:45 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 023-064, April 25, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-064 (accessed October 9, 2026).