Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 25 › Conversation 025-059

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

Tuesday, June 13, 1972 · 3:49 PM–4:24 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation025-059 on Tape 25 (tape position 02:32:05–02:32:11)StartTuesday, June 13, 1972 at 3:49 PMEndTuesday, June 13, 1972 at 4:24 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 025-059 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon requested that the White House operator place a call to Charles W. Colson. This communication served as a brief administrative coordination to facilitate a direct discussion between the President and his special counsel. No further substantive dialogue was captured in this recording.

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NARA Description

On June 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:49 pm and 4:24 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-059 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 25-59

Date: June 13, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:49 and 4:24 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 342-7]

     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

Also recorded on June 13, 1972

  • 025-057 2:50 PM · 6 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and Fredrick C. LaRue talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:50 pm and 3:30 pm.
  • 342-006 2:50 PM · 1 hr 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Fredrick C. LaRue, Henry A. Kissinger, and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:50 pm and 4:14 pm.
  • 025-058 3:48 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 3:48 pm to 3:49 pm.
  • 342-007 3:49 PM · 5 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 3:49 pm and 4:14 pm.
  • 025-060 4:14 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 4:14 pm to 4:15 pm.
  • 342-008 4:14 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:14 pm to 4:15 pm.
  • 342-009 4:17 PM · 1 hr 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:17 pm to 5:38 pm.
  • 025-061 5:29 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 5:29 pm to 5:30 pm.

All 32 conversations from June 13, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 025-059, June 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/025-059 (accessed September 30, 2026).