Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 27 › Conversation 027-015
Nixon phone call with Colson on White House administration
Wednesday, July 19, 1972 · 9:03 PM–9:26 PM ET · White House Telephone · 17 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and Charles W. Colson engaged in a telephonic consultation to discuss sensitive political strategy and White House operations. While specific details remain obscured due to the lack of an available transcript, the dialogue reflects an ongoing exchange regarding administrative priorities and internal management. This interaction serves as a record of high-level advisory communication between the President and one of his closest political aides during a pivotal summer in his presidency.
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NARA Description
On July 19, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 9:03 pm to 9:26 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 027-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 27-15
Date: July 19, 1972
Time: 9:03 pm - 9:26 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Charles W. Colson.
[See Conversation No. 348-13]
[Unintelligible]Also recorded on July 20, 1972
- 027-014 9:00 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:00 pm and 9:03 pm.
- 348-011 9:00 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:00 pm and 9:03 pm.
- 348-012 9:00 PM · 7 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 9:00 pm and 9:03 pm.
- 348-013 9:03 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:03 pm to 9:26 pm.
- 348-014 9:26 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:26 pm and 9:45 pm.
- 348-015 9:45 PM · 56 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, unknown person(s), and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:45 pm to 10:30 pm.
- 348-016 10:30 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:30 pm and 10:58 pm.
- 748-001 9:33 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:33 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 027-015, July 20, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/027-015 (accessed October 2, 2026).