Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 25 › Conversation 025-127
Nixon, Haldeman & Colson on Democratic Party and Political Strategy
Thursday, June 22, 1972 · 5:02 PM–5:04 PM ET · White House Telephone · 25 sec
AI Summary
H. R. Haldeman coordinates a communication chain involving President Nixon and Charles Colson to discuss matters concerning the Democratic Party. The discussion serves to facilitate a briefing or strategic session between the President and Colson regarding political opposition. The primary objective is the scheduling and execution of a face-to-face meeting in the Oval Office.
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NARA Description
On June 22, 1972, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:02 pm and 5:04 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 025-127 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 25-127
Date: June 22, 1972
Time: Unknown between 5:02 and 5:04 pm
Location: White House Telephone
H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 740-7B]
Request for a call to Charles W. Colson
Haldeman conferred with the President at an unknown time.
Democrats
Haldeman talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to Colson
Haldeman talked with Colson at an unknown time.
Meeting in Oval OfficeAlso recorded on June 22, 1972
- 025-124 4:35 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:35 pm.
- 025-125 4:35 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:35 pm.
- 025-126 4:35 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 4:35 pm to 4:36 pm.
- 740-005 4:35 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:35 pm.
- 740-006 4:35 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:35 pm.
- 025-128 5:05 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard J. Daley talked on the telephone from 5:05 pm to 5:07 pm.
- 025-129 5:07 PM · 32 min — Unknown person(s) talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 5:07 pm on June 22, 1972 and 9:41 am on June 23, 1972.
- 103-004 5:20 PM — Richard M. Nixon and chief executives of the broadcasting industry, including Charles Batson, Charles Crutchfield, Daniel R. Eaton, John Fetzer, James S. Gilmore, Jr., Larry Israel, John Kluge, Charles S. Mechem, Bill Michaels, John T. Murphy, Ancil Paine, John Poor, Ward Quaal, Leonard Reinsch, Bill Shaw, Reid L. Shaw, Robert Slaughter, Franklin C. Snyder, Egmont Sonderling, E. R. Vadeboncoeur, M. C. Waters, Fred Weber, Robert Wells, Richard Chapin, Herbert G. Klein, Ronald L. Ziegler, Peter M. Flanigan, John D. Ehrlichman, George W. Romney, Charles W. Colson, Richard A. Moore, Alvin Snyder, Clay T. ("Tom") Whitehead, Dean Burch, and the White House photographer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House from 5:20 pm to 6:28 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 025-127, June 22, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/025-127 (accessed September 30, 2026).