Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 28 › Conversation 028-056
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on White House operator
Thursday, August 3, 1972 · 12:11 PM–12:12 PM ET · White House Telephone · 10 sec
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 the necessary bridge to initiate a direct conversation with a key member of the President's staff. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief connection process.
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NARA Description
On August 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:11 pm and 12:12 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 028-056 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 28-56
Date: August 3, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:11 pm and 12:12 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 353-6]
Request for a call to Charles W. ColsonAlso recorded on August 3, 1972
- 028-054 11:49 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:49 am and 12:10 pm.
- 028-055 12:10 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 12:10 pm to 12:11 pm.
- 353-005 12:10 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:10 pm to 12:11 pm.
- 353-006 12:11 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:11 pm to 12:12 pm.
- 028-057 12:12 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 12:12 pm to 12:20 pm.
- 353-007 12:12 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Rose Mary Woods, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:12 pm and 12:37 pm.
- 029-069 12:20 PM · 11 sec — the recording device engaged at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 1:10 pm, but the conversation appears to be blank.
- 353-008 12:20 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 12:37 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 028-056, 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/028-056 (accessed October 1, 2026).