Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 23 › Conversation 023-065
Nixon phone call with Colson on White House scheduling
Tuesday, April 25, 1972 · 1:45 PM–1:46 PM ET · White House Telephone · 24 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon initiated this brief telephone call to determine Charles Colson's current location and availability. Upon confirming Colson’s proximity, the President requested that he come to the White House for a short meeting. The primary purpose of the contact was to facilitate this immediate, informal consultation between the two men.
- White House scheduling
- Charles Colson
- Presidential meetings
- administration workflow
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NARA Description
On April 25, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 1:45 pm to 1:46 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-065 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 23-65
Date: April 25, 1972
Time: 1:45-1:46 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Charles W. Colson.
[See also Conversation No. 332-46]
Colson's location
The President's meeting with Colson
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 03/21/2019.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[023-065-w001]
[Duration: 5s]
The President's schedule
-Nap
*****************************************************************Also recorded on April 25, 1972
- 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.
- 023-064 1:39 PM · 9 sec — 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.
- 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.
- 332-046 1:45 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:45 pm to 1:46 pm.
- 023-066 1:48 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:48 pm.
- 332-047 1:48 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 1:48 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 023-065, 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/023-065 (accessed October 9, 2026).