Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 28 › Conversation 028-047

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John O. Marsh, Jr.

Thursday, August 3, 1972 · 8:10 AM ET · White House Telephone · 21 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation028-047 on Tape 28StartThursday, August 3, 1972 at 8:10 AMEndThursday, August 3, 1972 at 8:10 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 028-047 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directed the White House operator to place a telephone call to John O. Marsh, Jr., a former Democratic congressman from Virginia. The President instructed the operator to obtain the necessary contact information from Charles W. Colson’s office if it was not already on file. This brief administrative exchange facilitated communication with a political figure outside of the immediate White House staff.

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He's a former Democratic congressman from Virginia.

You will probably call Colson's office to get the number, but you may have it.

All right, Mr. President, surely.

Thank you.

NARA Description

On August 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:10 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 028-047 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 28-47

Date: August 3, 1972
Time: 8:10 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 760-2]

     Request for a call to John O. Marsh, Jr.

           -Charles W. Colson's office
                -Telephone number

Also recorded on August 3, 1972

760-001 8:08 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:08 am and 8:10 am.
028-048 8:10 AM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:10 am and 8:28 am.
760-002 8:10 AM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 8:10 am.
760-003 8:10 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:10 am and 8:28 am.
760-004 8:10 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:10 am and 8:28 am.
760-005 8:10 AM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:10 am and 8:28 am.
760-006 8:28 AM · 27 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Stephen B. Bull, White House operator, and John O. Marsh, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 8:28 am to 8:57 am.
028-049 8:48 AM · 56 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and John O. Marsh, Jr. talked on the telephone from 8:48 am to 8:54 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 028-047, August 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/028-047 (accessed October 1, 2026).