Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 27 › Conversation 027-028
Nixon phone call with Colson on Executive branch and Political strategy
Thursday, July 20, 1972 · 4:28 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and Charles Colson spoke via telephone to discuss unidentified matters concerning administration operations. As no transcript is available for this recording, the specific subjects addressed remain unknown to researchers. The conversation serves as a record of direct communication between the President and his special counsel during a period of high-level political activity.
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Transcript (AI-generated)
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NARA Description
On July 20, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at 4:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 027-028 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 27-28
Date: July 20, 1972
Time: 4:28 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Charles W. Colson.
[Unintelligible]Also recorded on July 20, 1972
- 027-025 3:16 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:16 pm and 4:02 pm.
- 027-026 4:02 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 4:02 pm to 4:04 pm.
- 027-027 4:04 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:04 pm and 5:35 pm.
- 349-013 5:30 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:30 pm and 5:35 pm.
- 349-014 5:30 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 5:30 pm and 5:35 pm.
- 027-029 5:35 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone from 5:35 pm to 5:36 pm.
- 349-015 5:35 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 5:35 pm to 5:36 pm.
- 027-030 5:36 PM · 14 sec — The recording device engaged on an unknown date, sometime between 5:36 pm on July 20, 1972 and 12:07 pm on July 21, 1972, but the conversation appears to be blank.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 027-028, 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/027-028 (accessed October 12, 2026).