Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 23 › Conversation 023-141
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles W. Colson
Wednesday, May 3, 1972 · 3:48 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec
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On May 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:48 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-141 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 23-141
Date: May 3, 1972
Time: 3:48 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 335-20]
Charles W. Colson's meeting with the President
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Also recorded on May 3, 1972
- 023-140 3:43 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 3:43 pm to 3:46 pm.
- 335-019 3:43 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:43 pm and 3:46 pm.
- 023-142 3:48 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:48 pm and 3:49 pm.
- 335-020 3:48 PM · 56 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:48 pm.
- 335-021 3:48 PM · 17 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 3:48 pm and 3:49 pm.
- 023-143 3:49 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Warren E. Burger talked on the telephone from 3:49 pm to 3:53 pm.
- 335-022 3:49 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Warren E. Burger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:49 pm and 3:53 pm.
- 023-144 3:53 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:53 pm and 3:56 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 023-141, May 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417193567). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-141 (accessed November 2, 2026).