Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 23 › Conversation 023-078

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

Tuesday, April 25, 1972 · 10:13 PM–10:47 PM ET · White House Telephone ·6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation023-078 onTape 23StartTuesday, April 25, 1972 at 10:13 PMEndTuesday, April 25, 1972 at 10:47 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 023-078 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an urgent connection with his Special Counsel, Charles W. Colson. The call served as a brief administrative step to initiate a private consultation between the President and a key political aide. No further policy discussions or substantive dialogue occurred during this exchange.

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NARA Description

On April 25, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:13 pm and 10:47 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-078 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 23-78

Date: April 25, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:13 and 10:47 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

Also recorded on April 26, 1972

  • 023-079 10:23 PM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 10:23 pm to 10:47 pm.
  • 333-001 8:41 AM · 5 sec — 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 8:41 am and 8:43 am.
  • 333-002 8:41 AM · 15 sec — 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 8:41 am and 8:43 am.
  • 333-003 8:43 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:43 am to 8:44 am.
  • 333-004 8:44 AM · 29 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John K. Andrews, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:44 am and 9:26 am.
  • 333-005 8:44 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John K. Andrews, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:44 am and 9:26 am.
  • 333-006 8:44 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:44 am and 9:26 am.
  • 333-007 9:26 AM · 1 hr 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Alexander P. Butterfield, unknown person(s), and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:26 am to 10:29 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 023-078, April 26, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-078 (accessed September 18, 2026).