Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 25 › Conversation 025-093
Nixon phone call with Colson on Task management
Tuesday, June 20, 1972 · 8:04 PM–8:21 PM ET · White House Telephone · 17 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and Charles Colson discuss administrative logistics regarding a specific task, cryptically referred to as dividing and retrieving "the ball." While the conversation remains highly informal and lacks explicit policy context, it serves as a brief check-in regarding ongoing operations. The exchange indicates a sense of urgency in securing or managing these materials.
- White House operations
- Executive communication
- Task management
Audio
NARA Description
On June 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 8:04 pm to 8:21 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-093 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 25-93
Date: June 20, 1972
Time: 8:04-8:21 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Charles W. Colson.
[See Conversation No. 344-9]
Press
-Colson's schedule
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[Previous archivists categorized this section as unintelligible. It has been rereviewed and
released 10/31/2017.]
[Unintelligible]
[025-093-w001]
[Duration: 17m 16s]
[This portion of the tape is mostly tape noise with some muffled background conversation.]
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Also recorded on June 20, 1972
- 025-090 7:36 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:36 pm and 7:52 pm.
- 025-091 7:52 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 7:52 pm to 7:59 pm.
- 344-007 7:52 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 7:52 pm to 7:59 pm.
- 025-092 7:59 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:59 pm and 8:04 pm.
- 344-008 7:59 PM · 20 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 7:59 pm and 8:04 pm.
- 344-009 8:04 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:04 pm to 8:22 pm.
- 344-010 8:22 PM · 34 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:22 pm and 8:42 pm.
- 344-034 8:22 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 8:22 pm and 8:42 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 025-093, June 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417193809). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/025-093 (accessed November 3, 2026).