President Nixon and Charles Colson held a lengthy telephone consultation to discuss sensitive political strategy and administration priorities. While specific transcript details are unavailable, the conversation served as a high-level briefing between the President and his special counsel regarding ongoing domestic policy or political developments. This exchange highlights the close, informal advisory relationship between Nixon and Colson during a critical period of the 1972 election year.
On July 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 6:58 pm to 7:28 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 027-094 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 27-94
Date: July 26, 1972
Time: 6:58 pm - 7:28 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Charles W. Colson.
[Unintelligible]No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.