Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 25 › Conversation 025-105

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House operator

Wednesday, June 21, 1972 · 1:24 PM–2:11 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation025-105 on Tape 25 (tape position 04:15:51–04:15:57)StartWednesday, June 21, 1972 at 1:24 PMEndWednesday, June 21, 1972 at 2:11 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 025-105 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Charles W. Colson. The brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to facilitate communication with his special counsel. No further substantive discussion occurred during this interaction.

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Uh, Colson, please, Mr. Colson.
Thank you, sir.

NARA Description

On June 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:24 pm and 2:11 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-105 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 25-105

Date: June 21, 1972
Time: Unknown between 1:24 and 2:11 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 739-11A]

     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

Also recorded on June 21, 1972

  • 025-103 12:30 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:30 pm and 12:33 pm.
  • 739-007 12:30 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Zosimo T. Monzon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:30 pm and 12:33 pm.
  • 025-104 12:33 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower talked on the telephone from 12:33 pm to 12:34 pm.
  • 739-008 12:33 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:33 pm to 12:34 pm.
  • 739-009 12:34 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:34 pm and 12:38 pm.
  • 739-010 12:38 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Nelson A. Rockefeller, John A. Volpe, Jacob K. Javits, James L. Buckley, John D. Ehrlichman, William L. Gifford, William A. Ronan, Alexander P. Butterfield, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:38 pm to 1:22 pm.
  • 739-011 1:24 PM — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), White House operator, Charles W. Colson, Manolo Sanchez, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:24 pm to 3:11 pm.
  • 025-106 2:11 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 2:11 pm to 2:15 pm.

All 47 conversations from June 21, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 025-105, June 21, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/025-105 (accessed October 12, 2026).