Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 25 › Conversation 025-109

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

Wednesday, June 21, 1972 · 3:15 PM–3:56 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation025-109 on Tape 25 (tape position 04:20:00–04:20:04)StartWednesday, June 21, 1972 at 3:15 PMEndWednesday, June 21, 1972 at 3:56 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 025-109 ↗

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call to Charles W. Colson. This brief interaction served solely as a logistical request to connect the President with his Special Counsel. No further substantive policy discussions occurred during this exchange.

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On June 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:56 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-109 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 25-109

Date: June 21, 1972
Time: Unknown between 3:30 and 3:56 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 343-24]

     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson
  • 025-107 3:15 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:30 pm.
  • 025-138 3:15 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:30 pm.
  • 343-019 3:15 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:15 pm and 3:30 pm.
  • 343-020 3:15 PM · 16 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 3:15 pm and 3:30 pm.
  • 025-108 3:30 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:30 pm.
  • 343-021 3:30 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:30 pm.
  • 343-022 3:30 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:30 pm and 3:56 pm.
  • 343-023 3:30 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:30 pm and 3:56 pm.

Conversation 025-109, 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/025-109 (accessed September 30, 2026).