Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 24 › Conversation 024-073
Nixon phone call with Colson on White House strategy and Political operations
Thursday, May 11, 1972 · 11:32 AM–11:33 AM ET · White House Telephone · 25 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted Charles W. Colson to coordinate a follow-up meeting after Colson concluded a strategy session involving John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman, and John D. Ehrlichman. The participants briefly discussed the status of their ongoing political deliberations at the Executive Office Building. Nixon instructed Colson and Haldeman to meet with him at the White House immediately after their current proceedings wrapped up to review specific action items.
- White House strategy
- Political operations
- John N. Mitchell
- H. R. Haldeman
- Charles W. Colson
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NARA Description
On May 11, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 11:32 am to 11:33 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-073 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 24-73
Date: May 11, 1972
Time: 11:32 am - 11:33 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Charles W. Colson.
[See also Conversation No. 338-38]
Colson's location
-Meeting with John N. Mitchell, H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman and
John D. Ehrlichman
The President's forthcoming meeting with Haldeman and ColsonAlso recorded on May 11, 1972
- 723-008 11:21 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:21 am and 11:22 am.
- 024-071 11:22 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:22 am and 11:32 am.
- 024-072 11:22 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:22 am and 11:32 am.
- 338-037 11:22 AM · 18 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 11:22 am and 11:32 am.
- 338-038 11:32 AM · 34 sec — 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 11:32 am and 11:33 am.
- 024-074 11:34 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 11:34 am to 11:35 am.
- 338-039 11:34 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:34 am and 11:35 am.
- 338-040 11:35 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:35 am and 11:43 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 024-073, May 11, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-073 (accessed October 9, 2026).