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

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation023-141 onTape 23StartWednesday, May 3, 1972 at 3:48 PMEndWednesday, May 3, 1972 at 3:48 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 023-141 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to contact special counsel Charles W. Colson. The President requested that Colson report to the Oval Office for a meeting. No further substance was recorded in this brief directive.

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Could you ask Mr. Coulson to come to the OB, please?
Yes, sir.

NARA Description

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
          -Meeting with the President

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 · 53 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 · 14 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. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/023-141 (accessed September 18, 2026).