Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 28 › Conversation 028-013

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

Monday, July 31, 1972 · 4:06 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation028-013 on Tape 28StartMonday, July 31, 1972 at 4:06 PMEndMonday, July 31, 1972 at 4:06 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 028-013 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call to aide Charles W. Colson. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical step to initiate communication between the President and a key political advisor. No substantive policy discussions occurred during this exchange.

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NARA Description

On July 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:06 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 028-013 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 28-13

Date: July 31, 1972
Time: 4:06 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 757-1]

     Request for a call to Charles W. Colson

Also recorded on July 31, 1972

  • 757-001 4:05 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:05 pm and 4:07 pm.
  • 757-002 4:05 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:05 pm and 4:07 pm.
  • 028-014 4:07 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 4:07 pm to 4:08 pm.
  • 757-003 4:07 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:07 pm to 4:08 pm.
  • 757-004 4:08 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:08 pm to 4:10 pm.
  • 757-005 4:10 PM · 59 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, unknown person(s), Caspar W. ("Cap") Weinberger, George P. Shultz, Herbert Stein, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:10 pm to 5:38 pm.
  • 028-015 5:32 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and John B. Connally talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:32 pm and 5:44 pm.
  • 757-006 5:38 PM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, Manolo Sanchez, White House operator, Joe D. Waggonner, Jr., and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 5:38 pm to 6:40 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 028-013, July 31, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/028-013 (accessed October 27, 2026).