Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 28 › Conversation 028-030
Nixon phone call with Colson on White House administration
Tuesday, August 1, 1972 · 2:22 PM–2:40 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec
AI Summary
President Richard Nixon and special counsel Charles Colson held a telephonic consultation to discuss ongoing administrative priorities and political strategy. Given the lack of a transcript for this specific exchange, the exact nature of their deliberations remains undocumented, though such interactions typically concerned reelection efforts or sensitive policy matters. No definitive outcomes or action items were recorded in the available archival descriptions.
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NARA Description
On August 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 2:22 pm to 2:40 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 028-030 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 28-30
Date: August 1, 1972
Time: 2:22 pm - 2:40 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Charles W. Colson.
[Unintelligible]Also recorded on August 1, 1972
- 351-010 2:22 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:22 pm to 2:40 pm.
- 028-031 2:40 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:40 pm and 3:05 pm.
- 351-011 2:40 PM · 13 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 2:40 pm and 2:50 pm.
- 351-012 2:40 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:40 pm and 2:50 pm.
- 351-013 2:50 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:50 pm to 3:04 pm.
- 351-014 3:04 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:04 pm.
- 028-032 3:05 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and William E. Timmons talked on the telephone from 3:05 pm to 3:10 pm.
- 351-015 3:05 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 3:05 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 028-030, August 1, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/028-030 (accessed October 1, 2026).