Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 23 › Conversation 023-145
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Robert A. Taft, Jr.
Wednesday, May 3, 1972 · 3:56 PM ET · White House Telephone · 42 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to coordinate a message for Senator Robert A. Taft, Jr. after failing to reach him during a meeting in Senator Hugh Scott's office. Nixon directed the operator to inform Taft’s secretary that Charles W. Colson would contact the senator later to relay sensitive information. This arrangement was intended to facilitate the transfer of materials through Colson while the President was away from his office.
- Robert A. Taft, Jr.
- Charles W. Colson
- White House operations
- communication coordination
- Hugh Scott
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NARA Description
On May 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:56 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 023-145 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 23-145
Date: May 3, 1972
Time: 3:56 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The White House operator talked with the President.
[See also Conversation No. 335-23B]
Request for a call to Robert A. Taft, Jr.
-Taft's location
-Hugh Scott
-Return call
-Message
-Charles W. Colson's callAlso recorded on May 3, 1972
- 023-141 3:48 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:48 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.
- 335-023 3:53 PM · 41 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:53 pm and 4:34 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 023-145, 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/023-145 (accessed October 10, 2026).