Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 24 › Conversation 024-061
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles W. Colson
Wednesday, May 10, 1972 · 10:19 AM–10:21 AM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his aide, Charles W. Colson. The brief exchange served as an administrative request to initiate a direct line of communication between the two men. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this transition, as the dialogue focused solely on reaching Colson.
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NARA Description
On May 10, 1972, 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. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-061 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 24-61
Date: May 10, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:19 am and 10:21 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator; the President conferred with an unknown
person before the conversation began.
[See also Conversation No. 337-9D]
Request for a call to Charles W. ColsonAlso 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.
- 024-060 10:19 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:19 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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 024-061, 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/024-061 (accessed October 12, 2026).