Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 24 › Conversation 024-164
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles W. Colson
Saturday, May 20, 1972 · 12:00 AM–8:27 AM ET · White House Telephone · 5 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an urgent connection to his Special Counsel, Charles W. Colson. The call served purely as a logistical request to bridge communication between the President and a key aide. No further substantive discussion took place during this brief administrative interaction.
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NARA Description
On May 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:00 am and 8:27 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-164 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 24-164
Date: May 20, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:00 am and 8:27 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to Charles W. ColsonAlso recorded on May 20, 1972
- 024-165 8:27 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 8:27 am to 8:33 am.
- 024-166 8:33 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:33 am and 8:35 am.
- 024-167 8:35 AM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Marjorie P. Acker talked on the telephone from 8:35 am to 8:36 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 024-164, May 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-164 (accessed October 9, 2026).