Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 25 › Conversation 025-060

Nixon phone call with Colson on White House Staff and Executive Communication

Tuesday, June 13, 1972 · 4:14 PM–4:15 PM ET · White House Telephone · 9 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.Conversation025-060 on Tape 25 (tape position 02:32:11–02:32:20)StartTuesday, June 13, 1972 at 4:14 PMEndTuesday, June 13, 1972 at 4:15 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 025-060 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Charles W. Colson engaged in a brief telephone conversation to coordinate their schedules. The primary focus of the exchange was to arrange a subsequent, more detailed meeting between the two men. No substantive policy matters were resolved, as the call served strictly as a logistical bridge to an upcoming discussion.

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NARA Description

On June 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 4:14 pm to 4:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-060 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 25-60

Date: June 13, 1972
Time: 4:14-4:15 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Charles W. Colson.

[See Conversation No. 342-8]

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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.
  • 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.
  • 025-059 3:49 PM · 6 sec — 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 025-062 5:30 PM · 33 sec — Unknown person(s) talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 5:30 pm on June 13, 1972 and 10:45 am on June 14, 1972.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 025-060, 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/025-060 (accessed September 30, 2026).