Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 25 › Conversation 025-019

Nixon phone call with Colson on White House administration

Saturday, June 10, 1972 · 9:32 AM–9:33 AM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.Conversation025-019 on Tape 25 (tape position 01:09:32–01:09:44)StartSaturday, June 10, 1972 at 9:32 AMEndSaturday, June 10, 1972 at 9:33 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 025-019 ↗

President Nixon and Charles W. Colson engaged in a brief telephone communication to coordinate scheduling or administrative details. The conversation remains incomplete in the official record, offering no substantive discussion on policy or political strategy. Consequently, no specific decisions or action items were documented during this short exchange.

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Hello, this is the officer at the officer's house.

On June 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 9:32 am to 9:33 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-019 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 25-19

Date: June 10, 1972
Time: 9:32 am - 9:33 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See Conversation No. 341-6]

     Colson's location
     Meeting
  • 025-018 9:04 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:04 am and 9:32 am.
  • 341-001 9:04 AM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Patrick J. Buchanan met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:04 am and 9:32 am.
  • 341-002 9:04 AM · 37 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 9:04 am and 9:32 am.
  • 341-006 9:32 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:32 am to 9:33 am.
  • 025-020 9:33 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:33 am and 10:52 am.
  • 025-137 9:33 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:33 am and 10:52 am.
  • 341-007 9:35 AM · 1 hr 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, unknown person(s), and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:35 am and 10:52 am.
  • 341-008 9:35 AM · 19 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 9:35 am and 10:52 am.

Conversation 025-019, June 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/025-019 (accessed October 9, 2026).