Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 27 › Conversation 027-083

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles W. Colson

Wednesday, July 26, 1972 · 3:26 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation027-083 on Tape 27StartWednesday, July 26, 1972 at 3:26 PMEndWednesday, July 26, 1972 at 3:26 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 027-083 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to issue a directive regarding his staff. The President requested that special counsel Charles W. Colson be summoned to his office in the Executive Office Building. This brief administrative communication served to facilitate an immediate follow-up meeting with Colson.

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NARA Description

On July 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 3:26 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 027-083 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 27-83

Date: July 26, 1972
Time: 3:26 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 350-46A]

     Request that Charles W. Colson come to Executive Office Building [EOB] office

Also recorded on July 26, 1972

  • 350-046 3:10 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:10 pm to 4:49 pm.
  • 027-084 3:28 PM · 33 sec — Charles W. Colson, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:28 pm and 4:16 pm.
  • 027-085 3:28 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:28 pm and 4:49 pm.
  • 352-001 4:16 PM · 12 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 4:16 pm and 4:49 pm.
  • 027-086 4:49 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Nelson A. Rockefeller talked on the telephone from 4:49 pm to 4:59 pm.
  • 352-002 4:49 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Nelson A. Rockefeller met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:49 pm to 4:59 pm.
  • 027-087 4:59 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone from 4:59 pm to 5:00 pm.
  • 352-003 4:59 PM · 4 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 4:59 pm and 5:00 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 027-083, July 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/027-083 (accessed October 1, 2026).