Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 25 › Conversation 025-065

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

Wednesday, June 14, 1972 · 1:05 PM–2:18 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation025-065 on Tape 25 (tape position 02:36:29–02:36:35)StartWednesday, June 14, 1972 at 1:05 PMEndWednesday, June 14, 1972 at 2:18 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 025-065 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call to his special counsel, Charles W. Colson. The interaction served as a brief administrative coordination to establish communication with a key staff member. No further policy or substantive matters were discussed during this brief exchange.

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NARA Description

On June 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:05 pm and 2:18 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-065 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 25-65

Date: June 14, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:05 and 2:18 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 343-17]

     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

Also recorded on June 14, 1972

  • 733-007 11:55 AM — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, Rose Mary Woods, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:55 am and 12:16 pm.
  • 733-008 12:30 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:30 pm to 1:02 pm.
  • 343-017 1:05 PM · 56 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 1:05 pm and 2:18 pm.
  • 025-066 2:18 PM · 23 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 2:18 pm to 2:40 pm.
  • 343-018 2:18 PM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:18 pm to 2:40 pm.
  • 025-067 2:40 PM · 1 min — Unknown person(s) talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 2:40 pm on June 14, 1972 and 5:31 pm on June 15, 1972.
  • 733-009 2:53 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:53 pm and 2:54 pm.
  • 733-010 2:54 PM — President Richard M. Nixon, Warren E. Burger, Manolo Sanchez, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 2:54 pm to 3:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 025-065, June 14, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/025-065 (accessed September 30, 2026).