Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 26 › Conversation 026-009
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles W. Colson
Monday, June 26, 1972 · 11:47 AM–2:23 PM ET · White House Telephone
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with special counsel Charles W. Colson. This brief administrative interaction served as the mechanism to initiate a direct line of communication between the President and a key advisor. The call functioned solely as a logistical step for the President to reach his staff member.
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NARA Description
On June 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:47 am and 2:23 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 026-009 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 26-9
Date: June 26, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:47 am and 2:23 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 343-40]
Request for a call to Charles W. ColsonAlso recorded on June 26, 1972
- 742-011 11:07 AM — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry Cabot Lodge, Charles W. Colson, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:07 am to 11:30 am.
- 742-012 11:31 AM — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 11:31 am.
- 742-013 11:31 AM — President Richard M. Nixon, Peter M. Flanigan, Stephen B. Bull, White House operator, Henry A. Kissinger, George P. Shultz, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:31 am to 12:08 pm.
- 026-008 11:45 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George P. Shultz talked on the telephone from 11:45 am to 11:47 am.
- 742-014 12:08 PM — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:08 pm to 12:18 pm.
- 742-015 12:18 PM — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, Gen. William Westmoreland, James R. Westmoreland, Margaret C. Westmoreland, Edwin R. van Deusen, Robert F. Froehlke, Lt. Col. James Shufelt, Gen. Bruce Palmer, [David] Kenneth Rush, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Joseph Felter met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:18 pm to 12:31 pm.
- 742-016 12:31 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:31 pm and 3:03 pm.
- 742-019 12:31 PM — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:31 pm and 3:03 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 026-009, June 26, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/026-009 (accessed September 30, 2026).