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 · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation026-009 on Tape 26 (tape position 00:11:04–00:11:09)StartMonday, June 26, 1972 at 11:47 AMEndMonday, June 26, 1972 at 2:23 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 026-009 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 646367190 ↗

A 6-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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Position in tape (archivists' log): 00:11:04 – 00:11:09

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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. Colson

Transcript (AI-generated)

No speech has been transcribed for this recording. An AI model that listened to the whole recording reported: Nixon requests a call to Charles Colson from the operator.

Also 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 026-009, June 26, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 646367190). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/026-009 (accessed November 14, 2026).