Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 25 › Conversation 025-084
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles W. Colson
Tuesday, June 20, 1972 · 2:10 PM–2:16 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with special counsel Charles W. Colson. The brief exchange served as an administrative request to reach Colson for a follow-up discussion. No substantive policy matters were addressed during this brief call-routing interaction.
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NARA Description
On June 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:10 pm and 2:16 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-084 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 25-84
Date: June 20, 1972
Time: Unknown between 2:10 and 2:16 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 342-25]
Request for a call to Charles W. ColsonAlso recorded on June 20, 1972
- 025-080 1:38 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Joseph Trerotola talked on the telephone from 1:38 pm to 1:39 pm.
- 025-081 1:39 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:39 pm and 1:45 pm.
- 025-082 1:39 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:39 pm and 1:45 pm.
- 025-083 1:45 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone from 1:45 pm to 1:49 pm.
- 342-025 2:10 PM · 7 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 2:10 pm and 2:16 pm.
- 025-085 2:16 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 2:16 pm to 2:17 pm.
- 342-026 2:16 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:16 pm to 2:17 pm.
- 342-027 2:20 PM · 1 hr 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:20 pm to 3:30 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 025-084, June 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/025-084 (accessed September 30, 2026).