Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 24 › Conversation 024-066

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

Wednesday, May 10, 1972 · 3:55 PM–3:59 PM ET · White House Telephone ·5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation024-066 onTape 24 (tape position 01:20:27–01:20:32)StartWednesday, May 10, 1972 at 3:55 PMEndWednesday, May 10, 1972 at 3:59 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 024-066 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a brief telephone request to the White House operator to be connected with Charles W. Colson. The interaction serves as a functional administrative step to facilitate a direct line of communication between the President and his special counsel. No further substantive discussions occur during this short exchange.

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Colson, please.

NARA Description

On May 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:55 pm and 3:59 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-066 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 24-66

Date: May 10, 1972
Time: Unkown between 3:55 pm and 3:59 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 337-26]

     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

Also recorded on May 10, 1972

  • 337-024 3:35 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:35 pm to 3:55 pm.
  • 337-025 3:55 PM · 2 min — 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 3:55 pm and 3:59 pm.
  • 337-026 3:55 PM · 36 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 3:55 pm and 3:59 pm.
  • 024-067 3:59 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 3:59 pm to 4:00 pm.
  • 337-027 3:59 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:59 pm and 4:00 pm.
  • 024-068 4:04 PM · 27 sec — Charles W. Colson, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:04 pm and 4:25 pm.
  • 337-028 4:04 PM · 1 hr 14 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, unknown person(s), H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, and Arthur F. Burns met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 4:04 pm and 5:45 pm.
  • 339-001 4:04 PM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:04 pm to 5:45 pm.

All 42 conversations from May 10, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 024-066, 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/024-066 (accessed September 18, 2026).