Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 24 › Conversation 024-060

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

Wednesday, May 10, 1972 · 10:19 AM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation024-060 on Tape 24 (tape position 01:16:02–01:16:09)StartWednesday, May 10, 1972 at 10:19 AMEndWednesday, May 10, 1972 at 10:19 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 024-060 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiated a call to the White House operator to issue a directive regarding his staff. He specifically requested that special counsel Charles W. Colson be summoned to his office in the Executive Office Building. This short communication served as a logistical instruction to facilitate a direct meeting between the President and a key political advisor.

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Would you have Colson come to the EOB, please?
Yes, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On May 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:19 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-060 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 24-60

Date: May 10, 1972
Time: 10:19 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 337-9B]

     Request that Charles W. Colson join him

Also recorded on May 10, 1972

  • 337-004 9:50 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John S. Bradley met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 10:05 am.
  • 337-005 9:50 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 10:05 am.
  • 337-006 9:50 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 9:50 am and 10:05 am.
  • 337-007 9:50 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 10:05 am.
  • 337-009 10:05 AM · 2 hr 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, unknown person(s), Charles W. Colson, and Melvin R. Laird met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:05 am to 12:06 pm.
  • 024-061 10:19 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:19 am and 10:21 am.
  • 024-062 10:21 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 10:21 am to 10:22 am.
  • 024-063 10:40 AM · 3 min — Charles W. Colson, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Melvin R. Laird talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:40 am and 11:40 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 024-060, May 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-060 (accessed October 12, 2026).