Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 28 › Conversation 028-004

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

Thursday, July 27, 1972 · 4:36 PM–4:39 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; [Unknown person(s)]Conversation028-004 on Tape 28StartThursday, July 27, 1972 at 4:36 PMEndThursday, July 27, 1972 at 4:39 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 028-004 ↗

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NARA Description

On July 27, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:36 pm and 4:39 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 028-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 28-4

Date: July 27, 1972
Time: Unknown between 4:36 pm and 4:39 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

The President conferred with an unknown person.

     Request to see items

     [End of conferral]

     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

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I've got to see those two.
Close in peace.

Also recorded on July 27, 1972

  • 351-004 2:12 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:12 pm and 2:59 pm.
  • 755-001 3:03 PM · 1 hr 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Patrick J. Buchanan, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, Herbert G. Klein, Peter Lisagor, Robert D. Novak, Sarah McLendon, Helen A. Thomas, Ronald L. Ziegler, unknown person(s), White House operator, and Morgan Wilson met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:03 pm and 4:36 pm.
  • 351-006 4:38 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, Charles W. Colson, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:38 pm to 4:42 pm.
  • 028-005 4:39 PM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 4:39 pm to 4:40 pm.
  • 028-006 4:40 PM · 10 sec — The recording device engaged on an unknown date, sometime between 4:40 pm on July 27, 1972 and 8:33 am on July 28, 1972, but the conversation appears to be blank.
  • 351-007 4:42 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:42 pm to 4:46 pm.
  • 351-008 4:46 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:46 pm to 4:56 pm.
  • 351-009 4:57 PM · 19 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Kenneth W. Clawson, John A. Scali, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 4:57 pm to 5:50 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 028-004, July 27, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/028-004 (accessed November 15, 2026).